Telford Theatre @ Oakengates
Telford Theatre @ Oakengates
“There’s a world outside and I want to see it!”
Mole has been stuck inside for far too long. Finally escaping their underground home they team up with good friends Ratty, Badger and the loveably roguish Toad on an adventure to blow away the winter cobwebs. Mole and the gang must go head-to-head with a motor-car, His Majesty’s Constabulary and a legion of Weasels, Ferrets and Stoats taking up residence in Toad Hall. Can our plucky band of heroes save the day?
Find out in Paperback Theatre’s charming open-air adaptation of The Wind in the Willows.
“fun, funny and utterly charming” – Brum Hour
Adult £10 / Child £6 / Family of Four (two adults and two children) £30
Suitable for all ages, especially 4+.
Doors open: 1.15pm
Show starts: 2pm
Show running time (approx): 60 minutes, no interval
This is an outdoor production, so dress for the weather!
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| Thu 23 Jul | 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.
