Steam Industry Free Theatre Returns with TOAD HALL! and DON JUAN IN LOVE, 8/5-9/5

Steam Industry Free Theatre returns for the 8th year with two family shows: TOAD HALL! and DON JUAN IN LOVE. Held in their outdoor, Greek-style amphitheatre, the two shows will feature performances Thursdays-Sundays, August 5 thru September 5.

TOAD HALL! and DON JUAN IN LOVE star the same cast and are Directed by Phil Willmot. Winners of the 2006 Peter Brook award for innovation, this free event has established itself as a London theatre "must-see". TOAD HALL! and DON JUAN IN LOVE are part of the More London Free Festival that runs from 2 June to 1 October 2010.

TOAD HALL! - Adapted from events in Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows' by Steam Industry Free Theatre and the young people of Southwark.

Mayor Boris Johnson’s City Hall stands in for Toad Hall this summer when the Scoop’s award-winning free theatre team bring their regular mix of comedy, puppetry, song, dance and adventure to a new outdoor adaptation of the family classic for all ages. Can the fun loving, attention seeking Mr Toad ever be persuaded to take life seriously? Join his friends Mole, Ratty and Badger as they help him through a series of scrapes and japes, defending Toad Hall from the ever watchful weasels who’d steal it away. And don't miss the kids of Southwark devising and performing their own tale of the big green fellow and the search for his X factor at 1pm in the Scoop at More London on 15 June.

Performance dates & times: Thursdays – Sundays at 6.00pm. Running time 1hr approx. Signed performance – Thursday 26 August, 6.00pm

DON JUAN IN LOVE - from the play by Jose Zorrilla

The handsome Don Juan is a devil with the ladies and a demon with a blade. Join history’s greatest lover as he charms and murders his way through swash-buckling adventure and heart-stopping drama. But as the sun sets over the beautiful Scoop amphitheatre vengeful ghosts gather to teach him there are consequences to a life of breaking hearts and destroying families. In this London premiere of the 1839 dramatisation, by celebrated Spanish romantic José Zorrilla, it is a brave young woman who proves to be the Don’s downfall and his chance of salvation.

Performance dates & times: Thursdays – Sundays at 8.00pm. Running time 1hr 30 approx. Signed performance – Thursday 2 September, 8.00pm. There will be post-show discussions about both shows with members of the cast and creative team on Sunday 8, 15, 22 & 29 August after the performance of DON JUAN IN LOVE. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Scoop at More London is located on the South Bank of the Thames between Tower and London Bridges and is situated on the river path, The Queen's Walk. Nearest tube and mainline station is London Bridge. For a complete performance schedule of TOAD HALL! and DON JUAN IN LOVE, click here.