Our summer 2024 production is The
Railway Children by E Nesbit on 18th - 20th
July 2024.
This is a stage adaptation of E. Nesbit's
much-loved children's classic ‘The Railway
Children’. It is a story of a prosperous
Edwardian family at the turn of the 20th century
– a mother and three children – who are forced
into an isolated and impoverished existence in
the rural north of England, after the family is
forced to move from London to a house near a
railway, because the father, who works at the
Foreign Office, is imprisoned after being
falsely accused of spying. The story is then set
in and around this country railway station and
follows the plight of the railway children in
grappling with their new environment, capturing
the anxieties and exhilarations of childhood and
growing up with great tenderness and insight.
The children cope with their adverse
circumstances by forming a bond with their new
home and community. They develop a deep love for
the nearby railway and the children forge
friendships with the railway employees, having
many adventures along the way.
This classic story is imaginatively brought to
life while losing nothing of the original spirit
of humour, tension, adventure and the final
triumph of good over evil. It is a story of an
Edwardian England on the brink of change, and,
of course, a story of the Golden Age of Steam
Railways
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