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hour upon hour watching Ben Elf, Holly, Gaston the ladybird and the rest of their friends on-screen, young audiences have a certain expectation, and Lewis doesn’t want to let them down.
‘They need to come into the theatre and see that
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that the Kingdom looks like it should,’ he says. ‘And that’s their first reassurance. Then we take the essence of that and replicate it elsewhere with the colour tones, which all look as they do on TV, so the world looks right. Then we spend ages trying to get the voices right. But ultimately, children transport really quickly from the television to the live show.’ (Kelly Apter) ■ King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, Sat 11 & Sun 12 Jul; King’s Theatre, Glasgow, Wed 15 & Thu 16 Jul. sequae peliqua eriamusapedi ate volumquis eosRorrorent ut que esequos quassitate parumquam illiciant acesequam rem reperume
Half masks have been used to give the
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