Bedknobs and Broomsticks – Hull New Theatre
Within two minutes of Bedknobs and Broomsticks hitting the Hull New Theatre stage on Tuesday evening, the stage setting fell apart.
An almighty cock-up? No, just the most amazing and dramatic opening of any theatre production I have ever witnessed.
It was breath-taking and the whole musical continued in the same vein throughout. Take a bow, set and illusion designer, Jamie Harrison, not forgetting the associate scenic and puppet designer Kenneth MacLeod (more of the puppets later).
We in the packed theatre were transported to the dark years of the Second World War, hence the aforementioned stage setting collapse, the result of bombing on the London home of the Rawlins family.
The three children, orphaned in the tragedy, are packed off to the safety of the countryside.
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