The Fir Tree is a really sweet story about the Moomins who usually hibernate being woken up and not knowing what Christmas or snow is. Both the puppets themselves and set the looked fantastic. After you have adjusted to the people and the puppets you can then focus on the puppets themselves and then on the main story. Sometimes it takes up to two people to operate a puppet at one time but they do it so seamlessly you don’t really notice.
When the actors came on stage it takes a few minutes to get over the fact that there are people on stage as well as puppets. The whole play was played out via puppets, which is actually very clever. The Fir Tree and indeed Percy the Park Keeper that we saw several years back is a performance based on puppetry. As well as an auditorium, they also have an art gallery, studio theatre, cafe bar, Georgian townhouse and long barn.
Norden Farm is a centre for the arts based in Maidenhead, which has been built on the site of an ancient farm.
So I was really thrilled to be invited back this weekend to review their latest Christmas offering The Fir Tree based on stories from Moominvalley. I first went to Norden Farm about three years ago through a trip with my son’s pre-school, at the time it was to see Percy the Park Keeper, which was enchanting. Moomins The Fir Tree at Norden Farm Review
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