one4review | On 10, Aug 2025

From the first “DISCO!” shout, this award-winning baby dance party sets a clear brief: everybody dances together. The host keeps it friendly and pressure-free, then leads a warm-up and space-finding. In front, our dance leaders, Trygve and Brit, flash favourite moves for easy copying along. The playlist jumps from classic disco to turbocharged nursery rhymes: You Should Be Dancing, Respect, Shake Rattle and Roll, and a rock-fuelled Nellie the Elephant, with a wink to Swifties via Shake It Off. With Adelaide Fringe Best of Kids weekly honours in 2024, a Sydney Fringe 2022 nomination, and sold-out Edinburgh runs from 2022 to 2024, the setup feels proven. As an experience, it is fizzy and contagiously open. Parents ditch inhibitions, toddlers roar like dinosaurs, and little lions crawl across the floor. Call-and-response counting and big gestures keep shy newcomers safe. A carnival springs up when the conga line winds to Harry Belafonte’s Jump in the Line, while a quick Sleeping Bunnies hush neatly resets small bodies. Even the nod to dance floor legend ‘No one puts Baby in the corner’ plays as a friendly wink rather than an in-joke. Strengths stack up: inclusive hosting, crowd-savvy cues, and a cross-generational playlist that charms carers and sparks kids. If a tweak is needed, it is spatial since the floor can feel tight, and clearer guidance during the ‘lift your child’ moment would help, but these are minor. One or two extra breathers like Sleeping Bunnies could also stretch stamina. Still, the promise holds true: bopping, bonkers, beautiful fun. For families who crave classic grooves with bite-size theatrics, this is an easy recommendation; what I expected to be just a disco for my kids to run around while I sat scrolling saw me dancing with the little ones for a solid hour and having the time of our lives. It felt like we were being guided on how to have just the best time!

*****

Reviewed by Matthew

Assembly – Various Venues and times

16 and 17 Aug