It will play as part of the Southbank Centre’s Imagine Festival from the 18th to the 21st February.
It has been announced that Quentin Blake’s Mrs Armitage On Wheels will have its World Premiere stage adaptation as part of the ‘Imagine’ festival in February next year.
Directed and adapted by Samantha Lane, artistic director of the award-winning
Little Angel Theatre, this brand-new musical adaptation of the award-winning BBC
animated series Quentin Blake’s Box Of Treasures will feature puppetry and original live music.
Talking about the news, Samantha Lane said: “I’m absolutely thrilled to be adapting and directing Mrs Armitage on Wheels for the stage. It’s such a joyful, imaginative story – full of heart, humour, and the boundless possibilities of creativity. Mrs Armitage’s world is
wonderfully eccentric yet deeply human, and I can’t wait to bring her spirit of inventiveness and togetherness to life in a production that celebrates her generosity, resilience, and sheer love of making marvellous things.”
Mrs Armitage is a brilliant and eccentric inventor whose wild and wonderful creations are always remarkably useful.
When she and her faithful dog Breakspear set off on a quiet bike ride to visit cousin Angela, she can’t stop thinking of ways to improve her bike. But after adding horns, snack trays, umbrellas, a dog bed and even a sail, will she ever get there?
The full creative team behind the show includes: Jessie Maryon Davies (Music and Lyrics) Ryan Dawson Laight (Set and Costume Design), Maia Kirkman-Richards (Puppetry
Design and Director), and Ian Oakley (Sound Designer).
To book tickets visit: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/quentin-blakes-mrs-armitage-on-wheels/