Details

1945. Dresden, Germany. Lizzie, her mother... and an elephant from the zoo, flee the Allied fire-bombing in the end-game of the Second World War. Escaping the Allies' advance from the West - and also the advancing Russian armies from the East - this extraordinary trio of refugees meet: a downed RAF officer, cowering in a barn; a homeless school choir on the run and their Countess saviour, harbouring them from the Nazis; and the mechanised American cavalry, appearing over the horizon. It is Lizzie's story - but Marlene, the elephant, is the heroine. Plodding, obdurate, opportunistic, load bearing, indestructible, cheering - Marlene embodies the stubbornness of the human will and how it will do everything to survive.

Creatives/Company

Author: Michael Morpurgo
Producer(s): Poonamallee Productions, Exeter Northcott Theatre
Director: Simon Reade
Adapted by: Simon Reade
Design: Max Johns
Costume: Elizabeth De-Tisi
Lighting: Matthew Graham
Sound: Jason Barnes

An Elephant in the Garden

An Elephant in the Garden (Kids show) production archive for QTIX code T12310141. Details of all An Elephant in the Garden archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S01137925365

Archive Listings

6 Jul 18
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7 Jul 18
The Tobacco Factory Theatres
Bristol, City of Bristol
Performance Details => Venue archive
12 Apr 17Dorchester Arts Centre
Dorchester, Dorset
Performance Details => Venue archive
11 Nov 16
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13 Nov 16
Theatre Royal
Bath, Bath & North East Somerset
Performance Details => Venue archive
4 Nov 16
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5 Nov 16
Pegasus Theatre
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Performance Details => Venue archive
26 Oct 16The Dukes
Lancaster, Lancashire
Performance Details => Venue archive
20 Oct 16Corn Exchange
Newbury, Berkshire
Performance Details => Venue archive
5 Oct 16Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre
Taunton, Somerset
Performance Details => Venue archive
27 Sep 16
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28 Sep 16
Theatre Royal
Winchester, Hampshire
Performance Details => Venue archive
16 Feb 16Arts Centre
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Performance Details => Venue archive
9 Feb 16
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13 Feb 16
Bristol Old Vic
Bristol, City of Bristol
Performance Details => Venue archive
1 Feb 16
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2 Feb 16
Theatre Royal
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Performance Details => Venue archive

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