Comments on: Cindermouse http://www.londontheatreblog.co.uk/cindermouse/ Group authored publication covering theatre and the performing arts in London and beyond Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:24:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jan http://www.londontheatreblog.co.uk/cindermouse/#comment-6027 Jan Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:21:24 +0000 http://www.londontheatreblog.co.uk/?p=3705#comment-6027 Hi Stephe, thanks for taking the trouble to respond. It sounds like we'll have to make a pit stop in Islington on our next trip to London! It never ceases to amaze me just how wary we've become of using everyday family language in public forums. 'Family', 'children' etc. It's almost as if we're wishing adulthood on our kids before their time. Anyhow, thanks again for the feedback. Hi Stephe, thanks for taking the trouble to respond. It sounds like we’ll have to make a pit stop in Islington on our next trip to London!

It never ceases to amaze me just how wary we’ve become of using everyday family language in public forums. ‘Family’, ‘children’ etc. It’s almost as if we’re wishing adulthood on our kids before their time.

Anyhow, thanks again for the feedback.

]]> By: Stephe Harrop http://www.londontheatreblog.co.uk/cindermouse/#comment-6017 Stephe Harrop Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:24:56 +0000 http://www.londontheatreblog.co.uk/?p=3705#comment-6017 The Little Angel seems to operate a policy of seating the children in the audience (who made up roughly half of the crowd on Sunday) in the seats nearest the centre aisle, while the grown ups take the spaces on either side. So there are kids and adults in every row, and families sit together (with the smallest people nearest the centre). This means (in theory at least) that you never get an adult blocking a child's view of the stage, and also allows performers using the aisle space to perform directly to the younger crowd (which they seemed to enjoy rather a lot). So yes, there's definitely a feeling of inclusivity and (for want of a better phrase) 'family viewing'. Although whether the same would hold true for audiences of slightly older children (perhaps less likely to want to sit with parents/siblings) I’m not sure. The Little Angel seems to operate a policy of seating the children in the audience (who made up roughly half of the crowd on Sunday) in the seats nearest the centre aisle, while the grown ups take the spaces on either side. So there are kids and adults in every row, and families sit together (with the smallest people nearest the centre). This means (in theory at least) that you never get an adult blocking a child’s view of the stage, and also allows performers using the aisle space to perform directly to the younger crowd (which they seemed to enjoy rather a lot). So yes, there’s definitely a feeling of inclusivity and (for want of a better phrase) ‘family viewing’. Although whether the same would hold true for audiences of slightly older children (perhaps less likely to want to sit with parents/siblings) I’m not sure.

]]> By: Jan Conway http://www.londontheatreblog.co.uk/cindermouse/#comment-6016 Jan Conway Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:44:07 +0000 http://www.londontheatreblog.co.uk/?p=3705#comment-6016 This sounds like a truly wonderful experience! I'm curious as to the general ratio of children to adults though. I've taken my kids to various "youth" theatres in Birmingham and have often been disappointed by the way adults tend to congregate at the back and "let the kids get on with it". I was wondering whether the same applies to the Little Angel? I suppose it's always going to be case by case matter, but it sounds like the Little Angel prorgramming policy aims for inclusivity, or is that reading too much between the lines? This sounds like a truly wonderful experience! I’m curious as to the general ratio of children to adults though. I’ve taken my kids to various “youth” theatres in Birmingham and have often been disappointed by the way adults tend to congregate at the back and “let the kids get on with it”. I was wondering whether the same applies to the Little Angel? I suppose it’s always going to be case by case matter, but it sounds like the Little Angel prorgramming policy aims for inclusivity, or is that reading too much between the lines?

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