"This is children's theatre at its best... Anthony Clark's adaptation is both delightful and moving
'Anthony Clark's adaptations have become justly regarded as unmissable seasonable entertainment... A wondrous children's musical guaranteed to crack the hardest of adult hearts... No neat moral yarn, but a humorous and haunting fable'
Independent 'A skilful and enchanting stage version of a 1950s classic'
The Times" –
The Daily Mail "This is perhaps the most audacious statement ever made on the English stage" –
Kenneth Tynan, Observer "His spiritual barbarism and magnificent of contempt are doubly refreshing next to the mealy-mouthed winnowing of much over-praised contemporary playwrights" –
Michael Coveney, Daily Mail