Children’s shows: Hoof Hoof Bongo Club (Venue 143)

By Hannah Clark
Published on 10/08/2012 16:12

This rethinking of Euripides’s tragedy The Bacchae is led by two bickering brothers, who happened to be goats, and follows their reenactment of the classical story for their father.

RATING: * *

They may wear the shoes of Marc Bolan but sadly they share none of his charisma. Whether it’s the half-baked attempt to incorporate shadow puppetry, or the complicated and inaccessible songs, many elements of this show alienate its intended younger audience. A folksy interpretation of Greek mythology may seem plausible, but this production makes little attempt to create a sense of the magical, and so falls flat.

Until 12 August.