Just the sweetest, most welcoming, wholesome, bamboozling-at-times, engaging, fun fest for little’uns. A show which used the simplest techniques of puppetry, signing, singing, bubbles and balloons so effectively to create a jam packed 30 min show which left you exhausted but also keen for more.

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe for kids is always a mixed bag of circus, dancing, puppetry, light shows, experimental clowning and bubbles but when I read about an immersive singalong and signing Fringe show taking place in an inflatable sensory pod I thought it would be a new amusing experience.

It was quirky, fun and just the right length to hold the attention of the younger viewers. I asked five-nearly-six what her favourite part was – “seeing Alice!” – mission complete!

Goose is a good morning show to bring your littlest ones along to. The audience was made up of mums and grandparents with their babies and toddlers, and we all were charmed by the two characters. 

Self-confessed nerd Nic, a lover of all things gross and gruesome (AKA a bioscientist) was as keen to see this show as our history-buff Junior Reviewer Iona (9). The venue wasn’t the easiest to find, nestled down an old close – the sign appeared to simply signpost a bar – so make sure you look […]