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Mog the Forgetful Cat – The Lowry
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Mog the Forgetful Cat – The Lowry

Bother that cat!" Finally, after 50 years of delighting readers on the page, Mog leaps off onto the stage, in a show that feels like catnip to the soul and engaged my 4 year old and 1.5 year old throughout the entire thing. Some children's book adaptations have a tendency to be a little self-indulgent. To take themselves a little too seriously and to drag a bit too much for the young ones in the audience. Thankfully, The Wardrobe Ensemble adaptation of Mog doesn't fall under that curse and is a warm celebration of children's theatre, that stays true to the Mog we know and love, but with colourful chaos and a pacy plot. We start with the classic, Mog the Forgetful cat, where Mog foils a burglar (although if I'm being picky, she gets a lot of credit for simply miaowing at the window a...