The Secret Garden will tour the UK in an intimate concert staging for 6 dates only, opening at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford on Friday 11 October.
Based on the novel by Francis Hodgson Burnett, this classic of children's literature is re-imagined in musical style by composer Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of 'Night Mother.
The cast features Zoe Curlett, Alexander Evans, Ian Knauer, Ashleigh Gray, Jordan Lee-Davies, Pippa Winslow and Martin Johnston. Elliot Jones and Finlay Banks will share the role of Colin Craven and Anastasia Martin and Olivia Hallett will share the role of Mary Lennox. The cast also includes Colin Zammit, Danny Whitehead and Kirsty Marie Ayers.
The Secret Garden premièred on Broadway in 1991 and received three Tony Awrds and two Drama Desk Awards.
This concert staging is directed by Matthew Gould with musical direction by David Keefe.