Tom's Midnight Garden

Synopsis

Banished to his Aunt and Uncle's house in order to avoid catching measles from his brother, Tom is not looking forward to the school holidays. Convinced he is going to be bored rigid staying in their house with no other children around, he is amazed when, one night, the grandfather clock strikes thirteen and he finds himself in a beautiful and mysterious garden. This event marks the beginning of a summer Tom will never forget. He starts a journey that will take him through the boundaries of time and reality to Queen Victoria's reign and into the life of a little girl called Hatty. Tom's Midnight Garden is for everyone aged 4 and over.

Our Review:

6 December 2005

The power of storytelling is the key both to the shape of the welcoming Weston Theatre, the main auditorium of the splendid new Unicorn, and of its opening production.

The striking building just behind City Hall, near London Bridge Station, is the first purpose-built theatre for children in the UK, and architect Keith Williams has done young audiences proud. The involvement of children from a local school who became “young consultants” and of artistic director Tony Graham and his team has resulted in an elegant, child-friendly but not childish design. As well as the Weston, there is a smaller space, the Clore Studio, an education room, cafe and all the usual facilities, with a most unusual computerised art installation in the foyer.

Children filing in to watch Tom's Midnight Garden travel back in time from a boring 1950s flat to a Victorian garden and sit on comfortable curved and raked blue bench seats from which everyone has a good view of the act...

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