Spellbound is the only word for her reaction, except for when they had a musical number, when she went completely nuts.
Talking bit:
Musical bit:
Rest of the time:
Dora always asks the viewers what their favourite part of the adventure was. My favourite part was when the baddie, Swiper the Fox, came on stage. Everyone else was booing and hissing, yelling, "Look behind you" in the spirit of the best pantomime villain. But he is Alice's favourite character and she was simply sitting forward, waving shyly, whispering, "Hi Swiper".
There was a minor tantrum in the offing at the end of the first half, which was averted by the promise of Dora being back "very soon". It was more difficult after the final act, as Alice started to stage a sit-in, another little boy climbed over her and then Alice blocked his mother's exit, because she was "waiting for Dora". Thankfully a nearby four year old started a full on screaming fit, beating her mother with fists and everything, so that distracted everyone and allowed a clear path for the mother in pursuit.
All in all a wonderful afternoon out, although the moral of the story is that even if you go to see a show designed for toddlers that your child loves, you can never, never, never take too many biscuits.
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What's going on - it's like tantrum city.....am to think so far i have been so smug thinking "my daughter would never do that...must be my excellent parenting skills"...so much for that!
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