Alie Cohen Puppet Maker - Cloud Man. Hill Street Theatre 22/8/11

I loved this show. It felt a tad slow at times – particularly at the start but from the moment the utterly cute cloud man puppet appeared the smile never left my face.  The show was a visual delight. The set had lovely muted colours, fluffy clouds and a clever shed which stood infront of cloud mountain and opened out to reveal her collection of sample pots in windows which nicely framed some of the cloud man action. Children sat at the front on cloud cushions with Cloud Man clues hidden underneath. The fluffy clouds had pockets which opened to reveal cute ‘scenes’ such as cloud man chilling in a bubble bath. The music was as gorgeous as the puppets and the whole thing  was beautiful and delightful.

Cloud Man told the story of Cloudia, a cloud expert who dreamt of seeing the elusive Cloud Man. She collected clues to his existence and when she eventually finds him, she captures him in a glass jar before doing the right thing and releasing him. The show is aimed at 4 – 8yrs, is performed by Jen Edgar with designs by Allie Cohen who designed the fabulous and award-winning ‘The Man Who Planted Trees’ from Puppet State Theatre.