The rabbit answers negatively and defensively, ending "Don’t ask me any more questions." The bear then moves on to ask a turtle, a snake, and an armadillo. The bear then asks a rabbit who is wearing a red pointy hat.
He asks a fox and a frog if they have seen it, but neither has. Plot Ī bear laments his lost hat, and sets off to find it. The book was published by Candlewick Press in September 2011. It was Klassen's first book as both author and illustrator. Box office: 020-7452 3000.I Want My Hat Back is a 2011 children's picture book by author and illustrator Jon Klassen. A show for all ages is a rarer thing than marketing copy tends to suggest, but I Want My Hat Back achieves that aim with ease.Īt Temporary theatre, National Theatre, London, until 2 January. Wryly ad-libbing through the vocal responses of younger spectators, Larwood gives a brilliantly deadpan performance, which plays to two levels simultaneously. There’s plenty for the big kids in the audience too, from Arthur Darvill’s genre-hopping music to Joel Horwood’s book and lyrics, which retain Klassen’s concision and offer knowing winks to the adults. It’s a production that gets that kids understand pretending.
Fly Davis’s DIY design has pot plants for trees and animal ears for costumes, while the chorus’s rapid changes of character often happen in full view.
Wilson’s version lets young audiences in on its tricks, welcoming them on stage at the beginning and making few attempts to hide its make-believe. Bear’s attempts to track it down lead him through a series of encounters with his fellow forest inhabitants. But when he leaves it unguarded in the forest, opportunistic Rabbit ( Steven Webb, with all the hyperactive energy he has brought to the Lyric Hammersmith’s pantomimes) is quick to snatch it up. Photograph: Richard Davenportīear ( Marek Larwood) loves his red, pointy hat. Hyperactive energy … Steven Webb (Rabbit) in I Want My Hat Back.
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