20th-22nd July

The Crescent Theatre

"Liz Light's remarkable production, sporting a company of more than 80 well-drilled youngsters, really captures the feel and spirit of Laurie Lee's childhood autobiography in the Cotswolds. Sam Clear as the narrator justifies his name with diction that is beautifully unhurried and Neil Gardner is the characterful young Loll who comes amusingly into his own with his undisguised bemusement in the first schoolroom scene. Kathryn Levell provides an emotional rollercoaster as his mother, Paula Chatterjee is a firecracker of a school teacher and Hannah Jordan and Lisa-Kay Waite bring delightful cameos as the feuding old women." Evening Mail. The company enjoyed days out in Gloucestershire, picnicing on Painswick Beacon, exploring Slad and even being shown round Laurie Lee's actual childhood home by the current owners!