The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, adapted by Elizabeth Newman
Sour and bad-tempered, 10-year-old Mary Lennox is orphaned and sent from India to Yorkshire to be put into the care of an uncle she has never met.
At Misselthwaite Manor, a broken-hearted house full of secrets and strange noises, Mary discovers a garden as lost and neglected as she is. If she can learn to make friends, Mary might be able to bring more than just the garden back to life.
Frances Hodgson Burnett's delightful and enduring tale celebrates the power of transformation and healing through nature.
Bleak Expectations, by Mark Evans
Follow half-orphan Pip's extraordinary exploits with sisters Pippa and Poppy and best friend Harry Biscuit, as they attempt to escape the calculating clutches of the dastardly Mr Gently Benevolent, defeat the hideous Hardthrasher siblings, and deflect disaster at every turn! Will evil be vanquished by virtue? Can love triumph over hate?
Based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, Mark Evans' stage play Bleak Expectations is a hilarious, chaotic caper, featuring dastardly villains, preposterous names, pulse-quickening romances, heart-rending death scenes, and definitely, probably, hopefully a happy ending.
Would Dickens approve? Maybe after a glass or two …..
