Tallulah Swirls Puppet Theatre Company swirled into the Kidz Field yesterday to give a rollicking good show based on the making of a Hollywood cowboy movie. And what a movie it was; all the glorious cliches of Cowboy tradition were there in force – the dim Texan cowpoke, the raddled, shrewish leading lady, the demure girl who falls for the wrong man.
Even the music came from Sergio Leone – where else? – though there was a brief intermission for I Feel Pretty. Everything happened as you might expect and it ended with smooching. The kids in the audience groaned, catcalled, called the raddled old bag all sorts of names.
Expertly puppeteered by Amy Lloyd Jones, Tallulah Swirls present an endearingly cheesy and delightful show with more than enough wit to keep adults and children alike happy. For this reviewer it was a welcome break from the overtly adult childish pleasures of the rest of the Festival.