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Pinocchio review " full-tilt family musical swaps Collodi's darkness for heartwarming lessons and humour

by Lucinda Everett

Shakespeare's Globe, LondonMeticulous direction and an excellent cast bring to life the story of Geppetto and the puppet he crafts from wood 'Fast is FUN!" bellows Pinocchio as he tears about the stage, testing the limits of his newly animated legs. It's a handy edict for anyone adapting the many moralising, terrifying and bizarre episodes within Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel. Charlie Josephine and Jim Fortune's new fam…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:42am on December 7, 2025