Molly Whuppie
Adapted by Virginia Radcliffe
Molly Whuppie, her mother and sister live happily by the seashieore below the great mountain. A great winter descends and freezes even the sea. How can they celebrate The Winter Feast when theres nothing to eat?
Then Molly Whuppie spies the golden towers of a fine castle high above the treetops.
One night she bravely tiptoes out of the house and up the mountain to find the King to ask for food. Little does she know that to reach the King she must cross The Bridge of One Hair or that deep in the forest there is a giant! So begins a great adventure where Molly finds that nothing is what it seems and that she is braver and cleverer than she ever imagined!
Reviews
This show has the wit and vigour to entrance all ages...a classic piece of children's theatre. 4 stars****
THE HERALD
...the hour long show passes in the blink of an eye...sterling performances, hilarious sound effects, live percussion...
Molly Whuppie gives the audience the time of their lives!
5 stars*****
THE SCOTSMAN
You would have to walk 400 miles before you would find [a show] so utterly heartwarming, fresh and immediately engaging.
THE STAGE
Audience Comments
Three years after seeing the production we drive past the theatre and my daughter cries out Thats where we saw Molly Whuppie! (Parent, Nottingham)
Just took my 3 year old grandson to his first theatre visit to see Molly Whuppie. It was wonderful! Im full of praise for how you held your audience to the very end, and Im very grateful for the pleasure and joy you gave Duggie today- what a baptismAll power to your elbow. (Ouaine Bain, Shetland)
I have taken Hannah to see a few productions recently and none have captured her imagination like Molly Whuppie. She (and I) were both entranced and enthralled. (Sarah Bennett, Edinburgh)
Enrapturing, storytelling at its finest! (Meryl-Anne Williams, Tranent)
I dont want to go home. (Lizbeth Collie, Muir-of-Ord)
I thought it was brill. I saw it with my class and came back and saw it at night. (Rachel Ferguson, age 11, Kirkiintilloch)
It was great- I sang all the way home! (George Bell, age 5, Manchester)
The songs and music and sounds were really funny. (Ewan Denoon, age 8)
