We went to watch Stories to Grow at Act 3 this morning. Turned out to be everything I expected and much more - and importantly, LO enjoyed it hugely too. No wonder the theatrette was packed. Simple stories told with a lot of love in a very ingenious way using puppets made with lots of love. The lighting and music helped set the pace and mood, which is really important for a non-verbal piece, and the performers - one of whom had the same tragicomic face as Roberto Benigni of Life is Beautiful fame - were stalwarts.

I'm glad that I took LO to it even if the show said it was for over 4s. There was one story with an environmental message - about cutting a tree - which LO talked about the whole day. There are two more shows tomorrow - Sunday, May 25.

Now if they can only get those plastic child booster seats that SRT has. With the slippery foam ones at Act 3, most kids ended up on their parents' laps.