The author said she hoped it would be “food for thought” for the children and the Queen agreed, saying: “Yes, food for thought and discussion…brilliant, I look forward to seeing it.” Pig Heart Boy was adapted by Winsome Pinnock and was informed by the theatre’s young associates, aged 8-13 years old, many of whom have long-term health conditions.
“She believes in the power of theatre to enrich the lives of children,” the actress previously said, adding that Camilla was “totally hands on from the beginning, climbing up the scaffolding in a hard hat, despite her vertigo, and coming to all the lunches…she regularly rocks up with her grandchildren, with no fanfare or fuss.”.
Kinnear, a creative ambassador at the central London theatre, said: "It's somewhere I used to bring my kids when they were small and I still bring my youngest and we were talking about how she used to bring her grandchildren, but we're both at the point where they're almost too old.
During the visit the Queen watched a stage presentation by the children involved with Pig Heart Boy adapted for the stage from a book written by former Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman.
The Unicorn, in Southwark - established originally as the Caryl Jenner Mobile Theatre in the aftermath of the Second World War - offers a wide range of programmes for children aged 18 and under and welcomes 60,000 families and schools to its venue annually.
