The Wind in the Willows - 2009

And the river told the best stories in the world, a babbling procession, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea.

AVAILABLE ON DVD ¬£10 - inc postage and packing. Order via julia@heartbreakproductions.co.uk The industrial revolution and late Edwardian class structure provide the backdrop to this production.  Our visit to the riverbank is also a story of creating and making: homes, friendships, journeys, boundaries, new adventures and in Fergus Durrant's lyrical adaptation, flying machines.

 

Cast

Mole/Clerk of the Court/Gaoler's Daughter: ROWENA LENNON

Ratty/Policeman/Stoat: LAURENCE ALDRIDGE

Toad/Ferret: OWEN BEVAN

Badger/Magistrate/Train Driver/Fox: JONATHAN WADEY

Chief Weasel/Ticket Clerk/Barge Woman: NIGEL BILLING

 

Adaptor: Fergus Durrant

Director: Mary McCarthy

Composer & Musical Director: Robin Samson, Rowena Lennon & Company

Movement Director: Helen Heaslip