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Theatre review: Pinocchio is riotous family fun with dash of political irreverence
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Wild Rice’s much-anticipated year-end pantomime is back, an adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s classic 1883 tale, The Adventures Of Pinocchio.
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Pinocchio
Wild Rice
Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre
Tuesday, 7.30pm
There is something about watching a play in a room full of children that cannot but remind one of the power of theatre.
Joy, suspense, fear, disbelief – all of which unmoderated and feeding on every squeal and scream; each spontaneous response a call back to the innocence of childhood, when the outcome of every twist in a tale was existential and entertainment easy.
