The Borrowers

Through Jan. 30, 2011, $16-$32, Arden Theatre Co., 20 N. Second St., 215-922-1122, ardentheatre.org.


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Published: Dec 8, 2010

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Why don't adults recall being children? I confess I forgot during The Borrowers, Mary Norton's classic at the Arden, when a 5-inch-tall family is gassed out of their home by an evil cook. What seems a disturbing allusion is, for kids, part of a rollicking adventure forcing teen Arrietty (Bi Jean Ngo) and her parents (Catharine Slusar, Scott Boulware) — who might be the last of their race — into the wild to dodge giant wasps, butcher field mice, and seek rescue from another Borrower refugee, Spiller (Steve Pacek). Director Whit MacLaughlin makes being tiny in the scary "world beyond our world" suspenseful and fun.

Through Jan. 30, 2011, $16-$32, Arden Theatre Co., 20 N. Second St., 215-922-1122, ardentheatre.org.