Swallows and Amazons – review

Vaudeville, London When Tom Morris's production sailed into view in 2010 at Bristol Old Vic, Susannah Clapp recognised it as "exact and imaginative" and a "triumph". Right from the start, in this West End incarnation, it is evident that its inspiring simplicity is based on the idea of theatre as child's play. And from the first sighting of a parrot made of a feather duster and pliers, you know this is a production that will soar on a wing and a squawk. A boat is summoned by a fragment of wood, a...

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