It sounded like so much fun.  A marionette performance of Hansel and Gretel.  I couldn’t resist.   We were a bit skeptical as we drove up to the “theatre”.  It is a small building with a stage prop sort of paint job and a gravel lot.  When we bought the tickets the cashier said sit anywhere, except the front three rows, they are for kids only.  The acoustics of the theatre were pretty poor acoustics and we walked right into a birthday part for a two year old that included some 15 or 20 toddlers and their dotting “all about me” Moms.  Sounds like a “get me out of here” sort of moment doesn’t it?

Well, we decided to stay.  It turned out to be great fun.  The lobby was lined with fabulous puppets from other shows; Wizard of Oz, Snow White and the Dwarfs, Alice in Wonderland, and more.  We took our seats.  After only a few moments of wailing the kids settled in and we hardly knew they were there.

The narrator was a wonderful owl puppet and the characters were fairly simple marionettes but they were handled well.  Back projected scenery and creative shadow work made it just joyful to watch.  I thoroughly enjoyed it.  Out of the corner of my eye, I think I caught Kent smiling a time or two as well.