What the audiences said

At the 2003 production we asked various questions, and the adults were invited to write children’s words where possible:

What did they enjoy most about the show?

Every single bit
I enjoyed the way that they got into the sieve
Quangle Wangle & Crumpety tree
Mr & Mrs Canary
Songs
It was different to television
I liked the story out of the book
The Jumbly things
Coats, saying who are you? Singing & dancing
The shaking of hands by a Jumbly
Best person was the boy
Variety
The boat and the music
I like to dress up but I don’t usually do it to stories from books, I will now!
Reading the story
Girl who dyed her hair green & orange
The music and singing the Orient Calf from the land of Tute
The crumpety tree set
Liked to join in. When they opened the boxes.
Looking in the basket, the suitcases, the songs, everything!
Kept focussed and interesting
It was very funny
Everything, lots of movement and unexpected events
The rhyming words
All of it. The very best was the Quangle Wangle and The Jumblies
Just being there I think
I liked all the nonsense words like Crumpety Tree.
The whole thing
I liked the music inside the cases and Stella and Stan
Was his first time, bit afraid but he loved it
The Book
I think it was really funny. The poems were really funny.

What was their favourite bit ?

My favourite bit was when all the animals came to build their home on the Quangle-Wangles hat
Want to come back again it was brilliant
Evan enjoyed the different sounds most
Frog!
Every single bit
The show was brilliant and we would like to come again
The Tree
At the beginning when they first met each other and were singing, “I’m Stella, I’m Stan”
Quangle Wangle and his giant hat.
Liked Stan being the Fimble Fowl
Liked the boat beeping its horn
Start of show had me laughing out loud
Music, dancing, repetition – comedy at the beginning
When they went to sea
Dancing
The music/songs and facial expressions
Accordion
When Stella & Stan said everything at the same time and when they first met. We really laughed a lot then!
Dong with the luminous nose
Right at the beginning
Involved the audience really well
Qwangle wangle with a deep voice
When they opened the suitcases
I liked it when the girl hid behind the curtain and the boy said, “Where are you?”
The boy when he was doing the Jumblies
When they did all the animals
The story bits
The boat bit, the little people
Sounds and puppet things
Silly dancing, funny people
Clapping along to the music
Animal impressions song – he still sings it!
Jumbly, she had got used to the show & the kids and even started clapping
I liked it when we got to join in
To sea in a sieve!
All the colours. The bits that rhyme.
Luminous Dong

Any other comments ?

Can’t wait for next story
Excellent, we’ll be back. Come to Ullapool please
I liked the costumes
When’s the next show?
Great for their imagination
Whole production captured their (& my) attention and imagination
It was great
I would have loved it if the Quangle Wangle was real.
I would have loved to climb up the crumpety tree.
Liked the animal song (stork, duck etc)
Looking forward to the next Wee Stories theatre, Mums and children!
Brilliant
I would like a video of it. I wish I could be a princess!
Brilliant, very cleverly put together
I thought it was fabulous, thankyou!
Thought the whole production was very good
The grownups had a great time too!
Jumblies and song with double bass
Just Brilliant!
Very enjoyable for all age groups
It was wonderful, thankyou!
I would like to come back again and again!
Mum & Dad enjoyed it, plan to get hold of the poems & start a dressing up chest
Excellent show. I would definitely take him to see a theatre show again.
We couldn’t improve on the content and actors were first rate
We all (myself inc) really enjoyed the show. The sheets (prog) were a great success. I hope you will extend the age range of your shows so we can continue coming!
Liked the music. I stamped my feet!
Very entertaining and the music really made it
I liked it when the lady was a Duck!
Thought it appropriate for wide age range
Want to come again......