{"id":4932,"date":"2017-12-20T13:26:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T13:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4932"},"modified":"2018-01-16T10:39:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T10:39:22","slug":"a-family-day-out-to-see-mimi-the-mountain-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/12\/a-family-day-out-to-see-mimi-the-mountain-dragon\/","title":{"rendered":"A Family Day Out to See Mimi &#038; the Mountain Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On a blustery winter\u2019s morning, Alex from LittleBird took her husband and two little ones to Winterville see \u201cMimi and the Mountain Dragon\u201d, Skewbald Theatre\u2019s musical puppetry show, adapted very cleverly from the bestselling children\u2019s book by the quite brilliant Michael Morpurgo and illustrated by Helen Stephens&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Transforming the Spiegeltent at London\u2019s Winterville on Clapham Common into a Swiss Mountain Village, Skewbald created an atmospheric backdrop for the wonderfully Christmassy tale with a charming wintry set. Offering a relaxed and informal environment, the setting was perfect for little ones and families alike to relax and enjoy the show.<\/p>\n<p>Running up to the front, the children sat with other little ones on the lovely rugs, the adults nestled into the comfy seats and the show began. Telling the tale of Mimi &#8211; a lonely but loved mountain girl who finds a baby dragon in her woodshed and who embarks on an epic adventure &#8211; this poignant, funny and heart-warming tale had all the children captivated from the start.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4935 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Mimi-triple-pic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Mimi-triple-pic.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Mimi-triple-pic-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Mimi-triple-pic-768x538.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Featuring original and catchy songs, the show was an interactive experience that really engaged the audience of children (and adults!) from babes in arms and up. The very talented and accomplished cast of three effortlessly managed the beautiful puppets, set changes and storyline to really do justice to this wonderful tale.<\/p>\n<p>When the show finished, the children were invited to meet Mimi, the baby Dragon and the Mummy Dragon which was very well received and each child was given a little Yoyo snack too on leaving, which was a lovely touch.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much Skewbald Theatre, we would love to come to your next production and look forward to seeing your new shows in 2018!<\/p>\n<p>We then entered the world of Winterville, just outside the Spiegeltent\u2019s door, with Backyard Cinema\u2019s cosy winter wonderland, an ice-skating rink, lots of fun fairground rides, delicious eateries and drinkeries and so much more! A fabulous family day out.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>Alex<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a blustery winter\u2019s morning, Alex from LittleBird took her husband and two little ones to Winterville see \u201cMimi and the Mountain Dragon\u201d, Skewbald Theatre\u2019s musical puppetry show, adapted very cleverly from the bestselling children\u2019s book by the quite brilliant Michael Morpurgo and illustrated by Helen Stephens&#8230; Transforming the Spiegeltent at London\u2019s Winterville on Clapham &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/12\/a-family-day-out-to-see-mimi-the-mountain-dragon\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,563],"tags":[759,2816,2819,1790,2814,2817,2815,2818,76,196,607],"class_list":["post-4932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-families","category-whats-on","tag-family-fun","tag-family-theatre","tag-interactive","tag-michael-morpurgo","tag-mimi-mountain-dragon","tag-performance","tag-puppets","tag-skewbald-theatre","tag-theatre","tag-winter","tag-winterville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4932"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4940,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932\/revisions\/4940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}