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REVIEW: David Walliam's The First Hippo On The Moon, Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe ✭✭✭✭

Published on

August 15, 2017

By

pauldavies

David Walliams' The First Hippo on the Moon at Edinburgh Fringe David Walliam's The First Hippo on the Moon. 

14 August 2017

Pleasance

4 Stars

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The rhythm of the Edinburgh Fringe now has a highly distinctive beat, with a huge range of family shows filling the schedules in the mornings. It's great to see the future theatre audience and makers enjoying live shows, and this one has the makings of a classic.

Walliams is hugely popular, and a skilled story teller, and this terrific ensemble deserve their full houses. The story of Sheila, who dreams of being the first Hippo on the moon, Les Petit Theatre bring the highly original story to life. The puppetry is excellent, the songs funny and catchy, and the characters are hilarious! My particular favorite was Silver Bob, the not so psychic monkey!

There are enough fart and poo jokes to keep the children, and the child within, highly entertained, and some excellent audience participation! It's great fun that kept a packed house of very young viewers royally entertained! Go team Hippo!

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