Picture Book Quality. "PoM pOm" by Pamela Allen. Patch Theatre [review]
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Date
2000-09
Authors
Bramwell, Murray Ross
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Adelaide Review
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Abstract
It is often said that young people deserve the best theatre. And yet, just as often, they end up with the very opposite. Not only have we seen a reduction in the amount of work on offer in all age ranges in the past five years, but, seemingly, there has been a failure of nerve by performing companies desperate to compete with Sony Playstations and the global megaplex. The result has been a kind of theatre of ingratiation, full of brand name slang and back-to-front baseball caps, or worse, a conspiratorial cleverness pitched over the heads of children to the adults sitting up the back. All of which makes "PoM pOm", an adaptation from the picture books of best-selling New Zealand writer Pamela Allen, such a welcome event. Directed by Dave Brown, it marks his return to Patch as Artistic Director, and it reveals that his instincts for his audience are surer than ever.
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Odeon Theatre, Pom pom, Dean Hills, David Green, Paul Blackwell, Eileen Darley, Heather Frahn, Vanessa Ellis, Timothy Sexton, Heather Frahn, Paul Blackwell
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Theatre Reviews, Drama Reviews, Theatre, Drama
Citation
Bramwell, Murray 2000. Picture Book Quality. Review of "PoM pOm" by Pamela Allen. 'The Adelaide Review', September, no.200, 35.