Wind in the Willows

Synopsis

Adventures around the riverbank. As well as the irresponsible Mr Toad, you can meet wise old Badger, the inquistive Mole, and the ever resourceful Ratty.

Our Review:

2 December 2010

Motorcar obsessed Toad is in a hole and it takes his trio of furry friends to get the aristocratic amphibian out of it again. Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s story is given a faithful rendering by director Hannah Chissick in Derby Theatre’s entrancing Christmas production.

Sean McKenzie’s bumptious Toad soon tires of the riverbank idyll enjoyed by his friends Ratty and Mole and yearns for the open road. He commissions a Gipsy caravan and takes them on his travels but an altercation with a new fangled motor car ends with the caravan in a ditch and Toad with a new motorised infatuation. However, his love for speed ends in him stealing a car belonging to his arch-enemies the Weasels and a lengthy spell behind bars.

Sprung from gaol by a washer-woman he is reunited with his friends, including the wise old Badger. Together they set about recapturing our hero’s beloved Toad Hall which had been taken over by the Weasels.

Whatsonstage “Best Actor in a Musical” nominee [James ...

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Bjork - 8 December 2010:

It was a really feel-good show. definately a christmas treat for the whole family. The acting and the set were great!!...

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