Tag Archives: The Wind in the Willows

The Southbound Attic Band, The Willows Suite. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It is a tale so beloved that it has had generations of children, and many adults, reading with the intensity of love and interest and finding that nature is truly a wondrous and bountiful place in which to find inspiration and joy from. Kenneth Grahame’s beautifully observed allegory and part reference to the English Pastoral is captured with vivid imagination in the book The Wind in the Willows and the characters are one of the few from that period that beneath the skin of a society that is now almost unrecognisable and one that beats in the heart and resonates with a yearning to return to simpler times.

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(382 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

Young Everyman Playhouse Present Exciting Twist On Classic Tale At Croxteth Hall.

Young Everyman Playhouse (YEP) are taking on Kenneth Grahame’s well-known tale, The Wind in the Willows but if you think you know the plot, be prepared to be surprised as a cast of 80 young people bring this timeless children’s story to life within the grounds of Croxteth Hall from Friday 26th to Sunday 28th July.

This version of the story has been adapted by James Phillips, with conventional perceptions changed and roles reversed to bring the play into the 21st Century. While the much-loved characters of Toad, Badger, Ratty and Mole remain, this contemporary vision incorporates themes of social class, hierarchy and a struggle for power as the Weasels rise up. The question though is who will be victorious?

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(309 words, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)