The Red Tree

The Red Tree is advertised for 7+ and suitable for children, but I just didn’t get it. The venue is quite small and the stage is surrounded by black curtains to make it really dark. There were three people in the show: a girl, who was the main character and two people who created the scenes by moving things about and were sometimes involved in playing other characters. 

The story is about a girl who wakes up and has a really bad day. It was all a bit doom and gloom for me. There is no talking in the story, but words are held up for you to read. It’s a really short story but took an hour to tell. The people used torches and some props, but not many, and they were really active on the stage. 

I liked one bit where it looked like she was in a video game!

This show might be better for adults, but not if you want to feel happy. There was a little girl who had to leave early because she was scared and started to cry which I was not surprised by because it was really dark.

It is a one star show because I did not understand it which I was annoyed about.