★★★★☆“I don’t want any silly people on this expedition,” snaps the Banker, the pinstriped, money-minded leader of the quest to capture the elusive Snark. Well, bad luck, Banker — because silliness abounds in this fizzily joyous family mini-musical. Annabel Wigoder’s 70-minute stage version of the Lewis Carroll nonsense poem is a daffy yarn with dash, hilarity and a sweet heart. Gareth Cooper’s jaunty songs have flavours of folk and jazz, and nimble lyrics that zing with wit, while Gemma Colclough’s irresistible production would charm even the most frumious Bandersnatch. Wigoder adds to Carroll’s motley crew of adventurers a Boy (the winningly fresh-faced Jordan Leigh-Harris), the neglected son of Simon Turner’s grasping Banker.…

Source: The Times August 01, 2017 15:45 UTC