Details

Returning to his childhood home, Alex finds himself standing beside the duck pond of the old Sussex farmhouse where he used to play. He's transported to his 11th birthday, spring half term. When his dad was struggling to make ends meet and his friend Lettie claimed it wasn't a pond, but an ocean... Plunged into a magical world, Alex and Lettie's survival depends on their ability to reckon with dark, ancient forces that threaten to destroy everything around them.

Cast/Performers

Charlie Brooks (Ursula), Daniel Cornish (alternate boy), Trevor Fox (Dad), Emma-Jane Goodwin (understudy), Paolo Guidi (ensemble), Millie Hikasa (Lettie Hempstock), Lewis Howard (understudy), Kemi-Bo Jacobs (Ginnie Hempstock), Jasmeen James (understudy), Ronnie Lee (ensemble), Aimee McGoldrick (ensemble), Laurie Ogden (Sis), Keir Ogilvy (Boy), Domonic Ramsden (ensemble), Joe Rawlinson-Hunt (understudy), Risha Silvera (understudy), Finty Williams (Old Mrs Hempstock)

Creatives/Company

Book by: Neil Gaiman
Adapted by: Joel Horwood
Director(s): Katy Rudd, Steven Hoggett (movement), Naomi Downham (casting)
Design(s): Fly Davis, Samuel Wyer (puppets), Finn Caldwell (puppets)
Costume: Samuel Wyer
Music: Jherek Bischoff
Lighting: Paule Constable
Sound: Ian Dickinson
Other: Jamie Harrison (magic and illusions director and designer)