The Borrowers

Synopsis

A fabulous adventure based on the famous books by Mary Norton. Meet the Borrowers, tiny people who live beneath the floorboards and follow their heart-stopping journey across the land of Giants to find a new home. Driven out by the evil Mrs Driver they encounter many new dangers in the countryside. There's also the mysterious 'Spiller', the unpredictable gypsies and their long lost relatives to find. After many hardships, thrills and spills, the little family's story reaches a truly joyous conclusion. Here is an innovative production in true Polka style that uses all manner of theatrical devices to make the imagination work and delight its audience.

Our Review:

Simon Cole - 2 December 2011

You can rely on artistic director Patrick Sandford and the Nuffield Theatre to present the perfect alternative to pantomime with first class festive family drama. This year’s offering, The Borrowers, adapted by Charles Gray from the stories of Mary Norton, contains just the right mixture of spectacle, adventure and fun to entertain the little-ones, and a succession of ingenious visual effects and imaginative props to keep the grown-ups amused too.

Having been adapted for the large and small screen many times, the material is familiar: The Clock family are “borrowers” – little people who inhabit the world beneath our floorboards, and in the gaps in our skirting boards, and who exist by borrowing what they need from the left-overs of the “human beans” who live in the house above. Pod (David Alcock) is the main provider, the one who ventures out into the house to ‘borrow’, and wife Homily (Julia Hills) is the consummate ‘make-do-and-mend’ home maker...

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Latest User Review

B Bowler - 28 December 2011:

We loved the show - what a superb production on a small stage. I was not sure how the book (or film) would translate to the stage - but the actors were great and we had a very enjoyable night out. Thank you very much!!!!!!! We will come again to the Nuffield!...

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