The classic story of The Wind in the Willows leaps into the twenty first century with ballads, beats and backflips! Read more …
With spectacular dance and soaring vocals, this fresh new musical stars Olivier Award winner Clive Rowe, deaf street dancer Chris Fonseca (The Greatest Dancer), Seann Miley Moore (X Factor) and Matt Knight (Let It Shine).
Mole’s first day in ‘The Willows’. Her classmates look a bit scary. Surely Mr Badger will look out for her, as streetwise Rattie, rich kid Toad and cheeky Otter teach her the ways of The Riverbank. But when Toad gets locked up for joyriding, the Weasel Clan break into his (lily)pad. It’s now only a matter of time before Chief Weasel reveals Mole’s dark secret...
Adults might find it all a little over-messaged, while much of the deeper philosophical stuff about guilt will pass the juniors by. However, a young adult audience will love its intensity, the embedded BSL is intrinsic to the plot and there are plenty of clever and humorous elements for all.
So although it’s passionately performed, and fittingly offers a visibly diverse cast of characters, it’s a shame the show sets its sights no higher than high school, and never justifies why this story gets this treatment.
A modern retelling of a classic children’s story that is filled with life lessons worth sharing.
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh from Wednesday March 27, 2019, until Saturday March 30, 2019. More info: http://www.edtheatres.com/festival
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