The Borrowers
Author(s):
Mary Norton, adapted for stage by Bea Roberts, lyrics and music by David Ridley
Company:
The Dukes
Hidden beneath the floorboards of an empty house, you’ll find a peculiar miniature world that belongs to brave Arrietty and her family of Borrowers. These clever Borrowers make use of anything they find “upstairs”, from buttons to biscuits and baubles.
But their quiet existence is disturbed when a family of Human Beans arrives! Soon, the gentle dripping of pipes is replaced by Hoovers, TVs and the sound of Slade on the radio.
Arrietty is desperate to understand what life is like for the Beans upstairs, and her friendship with eight-year-old Eddie is the opportunity to do just that.