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“BALAM'ORY LIVE TOUR

Clyde Auditorium. Glasgow. 27 Dec—4 Jan.

It would be hard to argue with two million kids. Probably impossible. But that would be the task you‘d face if you tried to say Balamory was rubbish. The little row of rainbow houses pull in that many viewers every week, so it would be fair to say that the prospect of a live stage show featuring Miss Hoolie et al is a pretty

exciting one for the average child.

Series producer Brian Jameson has got a task on his hands in bringing this worshipped institution to the stage, but he‘s confident there will be no disappointed little ‘uns. ‘lt’s the sort of show that will lend itself to the stage very well; it’ll be like taking a trip to Balamory. I hope the kids are immensely excited.‘

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The show, Balamory, What's the Story, centres on

the frankly less than organised PC Plum searching for

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story ideas, helped along by his chums from the village and lots of audience participation (just try

Brian puts the show‘s immense popularity down to its tone and the relationship the characters build up with the viewers. ‘We try to get away from patronising kids because it‘s important to us that we talk to them

on their level. We don‘t have to kneel down as we

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consider that they‘re on our level in the first place. All the characters are immensely popular, they have such an appeal because they engage with the audience and they‘re very accessible.’

What’s the story? Fun, singing, brightly coloured houses, happy kids. (Morag Bruce)

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