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Mr Freezy
by Arena Theatre Company & Men of Steel
posted 1 December
Mr Freezy tells the epic tale of Scoopy, a young ice cream scoop who lives in an ice-cream van. Scoopy is finding it difficult to learn his trade and wonders if there is more to life than scooping ice cream anyway. The ordinary slips into the extraordinary for Scoopy when his mother is abducted and taken to Prong City. With prompting from Mr Freezy, the van guardian, he takes the long road to find her, meeting fierce and friendly creatures along the way. The show begins with a slow, sleepy start, lulling the audience into a false sense of peace and quiet. This is short lived. Once the milkshake flavours are flowing and the ice cream is flying all over the front row of the audience, the crazy antics are in full swing through to the end of the show. The creative team has successfully fixated on utensils, food and packaging found in ice cream and hot dog vans, creatively transforming inanimate objects into larger than life characters, creating chaos in the process. The idea start…
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Ursula BeaumontContributor
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