The Unicorn sees double with THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER

The Unicorn Theatre’s Christmas production, THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, has now opened, in a new adaptation by Jemma Kennedy (based on Mark Twain’s novel) directed by Selina Cartmell.

there is no didacticism in Jemma Kennedy’s theatre adaptation, neither does she pull her punches – the young audience is made fully aware of the desperation that attends hopeless lives – but the children drank it all in with rapt attention ...But this Prince and the Pauper also has high entertainment value. The success of Selina Cartmell’s light and supple production lies in its creation of a complete theatrical world.
Telegraph ****

brilliantly adapted by Jemma Kennedy and directed by Selina Cartmell … The Prince and the Pauper is a must-see this Christmas.
Whatsonstage ****

Imagine a Brechtian pantomime crossed with the ever-irreverent Horrible Histories. You can’t fault this version of The Prince and the Pauper for originality ...Yet another example of the freshness and imagination we’ve come to expect from Unicorn
The Stage

THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER plays in the Unicorn’s Weston Theatre until Sunday 13th January, and tickets can be bought here.