The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Synopsis

As the Blitz rages in London, four young children are evacuated to a mysterious country house. There they discover an enchanted wardrobe that leads them into an adventure more exciting than they could ever have imagined. Stepping through the wardrobe door, they are transported into the frozen world of Narnia. Can the children help the great lion Aslan defeat the evil White Witch and break the spell that has held the land locked in Winter for a hundred years?

Our Review:

7 April 1999

Note: The following review dates from this production's July 1999 run at the Barbican Theatre.

Just as Disney fires the first promotional salvo in advance of its latest profligate stage musical, who should come roaring into town but the original Lion King. Although the mighty Aslan, defender of Narnia, is clearly no match for Simba in the merchandising stakes, he could surely teach the cuddly cub something about potency. Not only is C.S. Lewis's furry hero a Christ-like upholder of the moral order, he's also nemesis of the forces of evil and protector of those scallywags Peter, Susan, Lucy and Edmund, in the perennial kids' favourite, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.

If you're unfamiliar with Lewis's quasi-religious yarn, it features four Blitz kids who've been evacuated to a Scottish ancestral pile. Here they discover that the b...

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