The Jungle Book; Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas " review
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsNotions of identity and belonging make for a spellbinding adaptation of the Kipling classic, while Father Christmas keeps things endearingly simpleMowgli brandishes a burning torch. The animals, among whom he has lived until now, recoil " he is no longer one of them. This realisation of the separateness of species is shocking, and not just for Mowgli. Thanks to inspired combinations of …