Telford Theatre @ Oakengates
Telford Theatre @ Oakengates
No Wifi. No Xbox. And water from a well?! This definitely isn’t normal.
Bobbie (that’s me), Peter & Phyllis (ow! Stop pinching me) – I mean Phil – have been swept off to the English countryside by our Mom, who is suddenly far too busy to play with us.
Left to explore our new home, (if you can call it that), it’s not long before the railway calls from the bottom of the garden. As we follow the tracks to the local station, we discover a whole new world full of strange characters, romance (stop retching, Peter), peril and questions that definitely need answering!
What to get Mr Perks for his birthday when we can’t even afford sweets? Why is the 08.11 always late? And where has Dad gone anyway?
Come join us as we tell our story, our way.
Fresh from their 2025 tour of The Wind in the Willows (“Fun, funny and utterly charming”) and The Wizard of Oz (“”Utterly entrancing. A great mix of charm and sophisticated wit” ) Paperback Theatre returns to tour the UK with a brand new adaptation of E. Nesbit’s The Railway Children by Charis McRoberts.
Adult £10 / Child £6 / Family of Four (two adults and two children) £30
Suitable for all ages, especially 8+
Doors open: 1.15pm
Show starts: 2pm
Show running time (approx): 80 minutes, includes a 15-minute interval
This is an outdoor production, so dress for the weather!
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| Sun 23 Aug | 2 pm | £6, £10 | Book |
Where applicable, advertised ticket prices are inclusive of a venue levy, retained by the venue to maintain our programme of arts and entertainment.
Paperback Theatre is a West Midlands-based company passionate about telling the stories that matter. Their work is playful, challenging, and created for as wide an audience as possible.
Formed in 2016, they first made their mark with satirical shows like We Need to Talk about Bobby (off Eastenders) (4 Stars from Broadway Baby)and Me and My Doll (5 Stars from Bum On A Seat), which toured fringe venues nationally to great acclaim.
In the summer of 202 Paperback created their own socially-distanced festival, Little but LIVE!, and produced their first outdoor theatre show. That’s where their passion for family-friendly, accessible work really took shape – performances designed for everyone to enjoy, staged in non-traditional spaces like local parks. And amphitheatres.
Since then the company has developed modern adaptations of much-loved stories with a family focus, most recently The Wizard Of Oz. In 2023 they were awarded Inclusive Communities funding to stage an epic community production of The Railway Children in Moseley Park.
Alongside developing new shoes and collaborating closely with our local community, Paperback Theatre now tour high-quality outdoor productions across the UK, delighting audiences with their witty, heartfelt and irresistibly charming performances.
Most performances go ahead rain or shine! But please note the following:-
If it’s raining at the start time, we’ll forge ahead in the hope that the rain will clear up soon. It will have to be raining very hard indeed (with thunder!) for the start to be delayed.
If conditions become genuinely unsafe, for example if the performance space is flooded or there is a lightning storm, we will stop the show.
Light to heavy-ish rain won’t put us off, but if rain is torrential (and the audience can’t hear the performance) we will stop the show until the rain clears sufficiently for us to continue.
If we can’t go ahead due to the weather, we will transfer your tickets to another performance or refund your ticket money. If we get through most of the performance and then have to stop because of heavy rain, we’ll transfer your tickets to a different performance.
