It's the mark of a great puppet show to have a queue of fans wanting to meet the puppets after the show. And so it was with the undoubted star of The Man Who Planted Trees, a rascal of a puppet called Dog who won the hearts of the young crowd.
Based on a fable by Jean Giono about one man's effort to turn a desert into a forest, the show won the Edinburgh Fringe Children's Award 2006.
The admirable, rather serious story occasionally went over the children's heads, who appreciated much more the slapstick humour of Dog and the interaction with the actors, who regularly came into the audience.
A spell of noisy fidgeting was doused by a downpour of water, much to everyone's delight.
By the end of the hour's performance everyone went home happy, the parents feeling like a worthy education had been provided, the children just happy to be soaking wet.
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