First look: Open Air Theatre's Running Wild

Images have been released of the cast rehearsing for the Open Air Theatre's upcoming production of Running Wild.

The show is an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's novel and a co-production with Chichester Festival Theatre. Running Wild follows Will who is riding the elephant Oona in Indonesia when a tsunami hits and his elephant bolts. Will must find his way back home through the jungle.

Artistic director of the theatre Timothy Sheader co-directs with Dale Rooks. The piece will feature several large scale puppets and an ensemble of 57 young performers from the local community aged between 9 and 19.

Running Wild runs at the Open Air Theatre from 19 May to 12 June.