Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear the Musical, National Theatre review " gleefully subversive family musical
★★★★ MR GUM & THE DANCING BEAR, NATIONAL THEATRE Subversive family musical Madcap and menace as Andy Stanton adapts his cult children's books for the stage A great hunk of rotting meat hangs centre stage, suspended over a rusty wheelbarrow. A figure in a bloody butcher's apron picks through the stalls, searching for cans of 'xxxtra cheap lager'. From the direction of the band, sinister Wur…