(Katy Moore)
(Review from the artSMart team covering the 2014
Witness Hilton Arts Festival which ran at Hilton College from September 19 to
21)
An enjoyable and charming 40 minutes. (Review by Pauline
Dalais)
The Golden Goose
was presented in the Once Upon a Time category of the Creative Madness
programme masterminded by Peter Court at the Witness Hilton Arts Festival.
Aimed at “really little people” and presented by Katy Moore.
The Golden Goose was an interactive
fun production which was greeted with delight by youngsters and parents alike.
The stage was bare, with just a box filled with puppets
which could be transformed into a forest or a castle.
The story deals with parents who desperately need firewood
and two of their sons go into the forest at separate times, each having an
encounter with a magic man who tests their generosity by asking for some of
their cake and wine. Both fail the test.
The last son, Jack, is always the brunt of family ridicule
and they call him Dummling. He begs to go into the forest and reluctantly his
parents agree although the contents of his picnic basket are less delicious
than those of his brothers.
Dummling passes the magic man’s generosity test and ends up
with a golden goose. What follows is a fun adventure involving the three
horrible daughters of the innkeeper as well as the king and his grumpy
daughter. In the end, Dummling emerges the hero of the story.
Simply dressed, Katy Moore gives an enchanting rendition of
the story, changing her voice to suit the different characters. She calls on
young audience members to take on some of the roles and these invitations are accepted
with great gusto and enthusiasm.
It was an enjoyable and charming 40 minutes. – Pauline
Dalais
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