“Here’s a question for all of us: why does theatre, which is labelled, ‘Children’s’, often involve greater freedom of creativity than other genres? It’s a question prompted having just seen Le Navet Bete’s new production of Dick Tracy. . . The great wonder of theatre is what you can get away with if done with conviction. It’s the great joy of companies like Le Navet Bete that they take our imaginations out for some vigorous exercise and they come back the better for it, having briefly rediscovered our inner child.”

” . . . In Daisy Whalley we have that much longed-for combination of an actress who really does look thirteen-going-on-fourteen at the same time as having the technical ability to do the role justice. She manages the almost impossible trick of growing up in the space of a few days, as if marriage and consummation have released some inner strength . . . The production sings with originality and leaves us in patient expectation to see what comes next from all concerned.”