I Piano

My seven-year-old loved this show. Engaging tale, perfect for pre-schoolers and younger primary school kids - and the piano-playing was a real treat.

We are two Mums and we took our 4 kids aged 6-10 and they were all entranced and totally involved in the story - laughing out loud, shouting out answers, imitating actions and singing along. We loved the improvised music, the spontaneity, the energy between the actors and the beautiful shadow puppetry. The kids left with an enhanced appreciation of the world of music. Highly recommend.

From a musical educator's perspective, this is a beautiful show; the concept is simple but strong and teaches young children about the importance of music and what music is truly about. The story is appealing with lovely moments of audience participation and for the children to help tell the story and create the music. This means that the show is different every night and is great for audiences to return to see again and highlights the great skills of the pianist who takes those ideas and builds them musically into the show (not an easy task!). Personally, I felt the story lost its clarity at times and the audience (especially younger children) lost their engagement at these moments and they had to be commanded back to focus. It almost felt like a 30 minute show that had to be stretched in order to accommodate a fringe running time of 55 minutes. There was the opportunity I felt to have more music making and a clearer journey through the story, especially at the opening of the show. The shadow puppetry element was simply stunning. Breathtaking, detailed and magical. That alone is worth the price of the ticket! The music was beautifully played on the pianodrome's gorgeous Broadwood baby grand and the actors had a great relationship on stage. Thank you for creating this lovely work.

A totally enchanting captivating show. Lots of audience participation which kept the children really engaged. Beautiful use of puppetry and of course the music was fabulous. Also the seats are made out of old pianos which was very cool. Ideal for age 3-8

Wonderful show! I went with my friends’ kids and we all loved it, kids and adults alike. A lovely story told with such energy, fantastic music and amazing puppetry. Highly recommended, 5 stars!

Our grand children (ages 7, 4 & 2) loved the performance and insisted that we go back for more the next day. Because of the interactive improvisation each performance is unique. In addition to helping develop a love for music the show has a message of confident individuality. We highly recommend for its visual creativity, music quality and good humour.

Great show in a great venue. Hand-made, beautiful and had my 6 year-old hooked. Haven’t seen him say “Wow!” so much at anything as much as he did here. Performers were great.

Fantastic show. My kids (4&9) loved it, it was magical, funny, and really inspiring for them to play music for themselves. For any child who likes music and especially for anyone learning to play.