Theatre by the Lake will stage A Little Princess, the much-loved children’s classic by Frances Hodgson Burnett, from November 17 to January 7.
Sara Crewe travels from the freedom of a childhood in India to a boarding school in a cold dark corner of northern England. Just as she begins to build a brighter world devastating news arrives.
The cast of nine features Genevieve Sabherwal as Sara Crewe, Ronny Jhutti as Ishan Ramdas, Natalie Blair as Ermengarde St John, Victoria Brazier as Amelia Minchin, Tori Burgess as Lavinia Smythe, Ella Dunlop as Lottie Leigh, Jonny McGarrity as Captain William Crewe and M. Charles Dufarge, Eve Pereira as Becky and Meriel Schofield as Maria Minchin.
The production will also feature 24 young performers from the local area (making up three companies of eight) to play the pupils of Miss Minchin's Academy for Young Ladies.