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Theatre-Rites, Trailblazing Children's Theatre
Theatre-Rites, Trailblazing Children's Theatre
Theatre for children with more than brands on their mind
Tuesday, 06 October 2009
Children’s theatre is rarely given serious attention by the critics and while it’s true that much of it doesn’t bear scrutiny, there are companies whose work could teach adult theatre a thing or two. Theatre-Rites is the trailblazer of those companies. For the past 14 years it has produced some extraordinarily ambitious work.
Children’s theatre is rarely given serious attention by the critics and while it’s true that much of it doesn’t bear scrutiny, there are companies whose work could teach adult theatre a thing or two. Theatre-Rites is the trailblazer of those companies. For the past 14 years it has produced some extraordinarily ambitious work.
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