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

Ruby Ablett, James Bamford (Boy), Emma Bown, Charlie Cameron, Jeff D'Sangalang, Kieran Garland, Siubhan Harrison (Ginnie Hempstock), Miranda Heath, Penny Layden (Old Mrs Hempstock), Tom Mackley, Charleen Qwaye, Grace Hogg-Robinson (Sis), Laura Rogers (Ursula), Nicolas Tennant (Dad), Nia Towle (Lettie Hempstock), Peter Twose

Creatives/Company

Book by: Neil Gaiman
Producer: National Theatre
Adapted by: Joel Horwood
Director(s): Katy Rudd, Steven Hoggett (movement director)
Design(s): Fly Davis, Samuel Wyer (puppets)
Costume: Samuel Wyer
Lighting: Paule Constable
Music: Jherek Bischoff
Sound: Ian Dickinson (for Autograph)