Children's shows review: Future Perfect
Star rating: ***
Venue: Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33)
Fortunately thanks to a time agent (Toby Mitchell), who looks uncannily like Dom’s dad (for it is he) he can but they’ll need some help from the audience. This clever concept from Small Stories (a new offshoot of Tall Stories Theatre Company) asks you to scribble down your finest achievements, your hopes for the future as well as your biggest regrets – shout out to the little girl who stuck her foot in a bicycle wheel causing her dad to break his shoulder.
Future Perfect is, quite literally, a thought-provoking show – that really is the whole point. It’s smoothly devised and managed with great charm by Toby Mitchell and given heart by his talented son who – if he doesn’t pursue his ambitions as a Lego designer or a ninja – may have quite the future ahead of him as an actor.