Unicorn, London
The enterprising children in Tim Crouch’s moving comedy learn that growing up is hard to do
If you’ve ever looked in the mirror and seen a glimpse of your 10-year-old self, or glanced at your child and known exactly what they’ll be like in 20 years, then Tim Crouch’s play will have you wagging your tail. Not least because it features a riotous dog (the brilliant Amalia Vitale) who appears to have ingested The Tempest and some Beckett plays.
Your kids might enjoy it, too: Beginners is aimed at the over-nines and, like so many shows created under the Unicorn’s departing artistic director Purni Morell, it never underestimates its audience, whatever their age. It also never ignores the fact that growing up is hard to do, that our parents can fail us and that we lose them along the way.
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