to see the World Inside Me at Chicago Children's Theatre

Last Saturday Margot, Daddy and I went to see The World Inside Me presented by Chicago Children's Theatre. It was a co-production presented by The Station and Spellbound Theatre. It was Directed by Lauren Jost who also Co-Created the show with Christine Dehne

The building where the play took place used to be a police station and it wasn't a normal theatre, there were seats but no stage. There were drawers next to a big screen where props were stored, these had ice packs and bandages and cells and body parts and things that the performers let the kids touch and feel and explore. There were videos of body parts playing that helped kids understand more about their bodies. The videos were talking about how our bodies digest, things I already knew but things little kids will learn a lot from.

The play mostly played out with songs sung by the actors WT McRae, Sarah Folkins, Melana Lloyd and one of the actor's Jono Waldman wrote the music and played guitar. My favorite part was when things that were supposed to be cells that looked like fidget spinners started falling out of the ceiling and we put them in different boxes that represented our Hands, Nose, and Mouth.

This play is for ages 2-5 so it was a little below my age and interests but my little sister Margot who is four was just right for this show. I could see that the toddlers and younger kids in the audience were having a lot of fun playing with a mirror ball that they pushed around on the floor. They talked a lot about blood and headaches and how to feel better. My sister Margot had so much fun.

I think ages 1-5 would really like this show because it was a fun and inventive way of teaching little kids more about their bodies in a short amount of time.