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Christmas Carol
The Comedy
The Stage January 13 2000
Booster Cushion Theatre encour- ages children to open books by bringing them to life before their very eyes. Sensitive and energetic, actor, mime artist, storyteller, signer and facilitator Philip Sherman re-creates all the charac- ters apart from those the children aged four to 11 play at Cressing Primary School. He uses many simple and ingenious props, the central one being a large, specially prepared book. Roars of delighted, uninhibited laughter and shrieks of bearable horror begin as soon as he starts setting the scene for the audience. In the narrator's persona of that ordinary London bloke, Sam Weller, he brings news, sights, sounds and smells of the Victorian city to vivid life. Comedy, in the guise of the windy horse and Sherman's raggedy-bottomed trousers, is used extensively. Ghosts are introduced with great care. Indeed the most scary bring shrieks of delighted fright. Even Scrooge's teddy bear is a miser. In spite of the comedy, this is the meanest Scrooge I have ever seen. Sherman treats the audience as ladies and gentlemen, ever aware of their needs and sensitivi- ties. Participation is applauded and rewarded, tensions are created or smashed in an instant. Questions and answers about the show are. encouraged at the end. Booster Cushion provides a fascinating one and a half hours of live entertainment for any age.
Mary Redman
The Comedy
The Stage January 13 2000
Booster Cushion Theatre encour- ages children to open books by bringing them to life before their very eyes. Sensitive and energetic, actor, mime artist, storyteller, signer and facilitator Philip Sherman re-creates all the charac- ters apart from those the children aged four to 11 play at Cressing Primary School. He uses many simple and ingenious props, the central one being a large, specially prepared book. Roars of delighted, uninhibited laughter and shrieks of bearable horror begin as soon as he starts setting the scene for the audience. In the narrator's persona of that ordinary London bloke, Sam Weller, he brings news, sights, sounds and smells of the Victorian city to vivid life. Comedy, in the guise of the windy horse and Sherman's raggedy-bottomed trousers, is used extensively. Ghosts are introduced with great care. Indeed the most scary bring shrieks of delighted fright. Even Scrooge's teddy bear is a miser. In spite of the comedy, this is the meanest Scrooge I have ever seen. Sherman treats the audience as ladies and gentlemen, ever aware of their needs and sensitivi- ties. Participation is applauded and rewarded, tensions are created or smashed in an instant. Questions and answers about the show are. encouraged at the end. Booster Cushion provides a fascinating one and a half hours of live entertainment for any age.
Mary Redman
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