the list 2019
“An incredible site-specific promenade show that takes audiences to a place where imagination makes anything possible”
“The Small Wonders set may have taken the company an entire week to build – but it will take its audience a lifetime to forget.”
https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/108540-small-wonders/
the all edinburg theatre 2019
“There is so much detail here they could have created it as an installation at the Gallery of Modern Art, except that this is a working, living breathing flat.“
http://www.alledinburghtheatre.com/small-wonders-imaginate-punchdrunk-edinburgh-2019-review/
the times 2019
“The meticulously detailed set, designed by Kate Rigby, is almost a character in its own right, crammed with treasures gathered over a long lifetime.”
the guardian 2018
“Kate Rigby’s set is full of exquisite detail and cheeky imagination. We arrive outside Nanny’s pebbledash home, tidy flower baskets hanging from the windows. The flat is crammed with 30 years of knick-knacks and is so utterly convincing that my theatre companion Qeiva, aged 11, is a little anxious. “This is someone’s home!” Qeiva whispers, and sits nervously at the back of the room.”
the stage 2018
“Small Wonders, a new commission for the London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT), boasts the same extraordinary attention to detail and power to transport as a grown-up Punchdrunk show, but with the addition of an engaging, emotionally resonant plot.”
time out 2018
“…set in Nanny's cluttered living room – and there would be no complaints about that from an audience not expecting any of Punchdrunk's trademark fantastical world building. But this is Punchdrunk, and eventually we do go Somewhere Else (it would be a spoiler to say where). The kids take it in their stride, but for accompanying adults it’s a reminder that there’s still magic out there, if you know where to look for it.”
evening standard 2018
“…it’s engaging, surprising, richly detailed and pretty noisy. The result is a warm hour-long piece that’s also a touching tribute to the special bond that can develop between people confronting their mortality and youngsters whose lives are just starting to take shape.”