Picture book friendship gets a touch of stage magic

Oliver Jeffers' Lost and Found on stage at Factory International, 40 Farms outdoor exhibition trail, Uma Breakdown's online game, Remarkable life celebrated in Mama Afrika at Storyhouse

Lost and Found by Factory International (Pic: David Levene)

‘Is that real?’ the school girl behind me pauses from kicking my seat to ask this question as an enormous seagull lands on top of a wooden post on the Factory International stage.

‘It’s not real,’ she concludes, but her scepticism sounds a bit wobbly despite the puppet’s size. It would surely tak…