Registered Charity
No 1136513
Show Times: 7:30pm Running length:
90 minutes plus interval
Age guidance: 6+
Tickets:
Unreserved Seating
£10 / £8 (Concessions)*
Family Ticket
£32 (2 Adults 2 Children)
*(Concessions: Students, Seniors 60+, Equity, Unemployed, Disabled)
January 24 & 25, 2012
Secret Garden
A new adaptation of the classic novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett by Dorset based physical theatre company Angel Exit Theatre. The Secret Garden has been co-produced by Dorchester Arts and Bridport Arts Centre and commisioned by Lighthouse Poole's Centre for the Arts and Activate.
Spoilt orphan, Mary Lennox, is plucked from the bright vibrancy of India and transplanted to a vast old house brimming with secrets on the grey Yorkshire moors. As the wind wuthers around the mysterious manor, Mary battles with loneliness and encounters locked doors, a curious robin, a gruff old gardener, and strange cries echoing through the house. A hidden key unlocks the secret garden, but what will this unlock in Mary? And will she be able to help her grieving uncle and whoever is wailing down the corridor?
Unearthing the dark heart of this classic tale, Angel Exit celebrate the centenary of Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden with a brand new production presented in their own rich visual style, blending ensemble storytelling with striking physicality, beautiful puppets, live singing and an original soundtrack.
Devised by the company with writer Phil Porter (Beauty and the Beast, Unicorn Theatre 2010, Alice in Wonderland, Theatre Royal Northampton 2011), puppets by Polly Beestone, design by Jodie Gardner (Moonfleet) and original music composed by Tom Ball (of the band Marthas and Arthurs and composer of Moonfleet and The Black Curtain).
Press quotes on previous work:
"Theatrical invention is everywhere... visually exciting throughout, this production never loses the quality of a life-changing adventure story." The Stage on Moonfleet.
“A unique brand of intuitive physical theatre." British Theatre Guide on The Black Curtain
“Outstanding performances...with language and physical imagery clearly informed by an excellent devised process” Total Theatre Magazine on Bolt Upright
“There is so much vivid theatricality and inventiveness at work here” – Lyn Gardner, The Guardian on Invisible Prisons.
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