Page 16 - Smalltalk Issue 52 - Winter 2017

THEATREtalk
The

Book of

Dragons

AN alarming plague of dragons is heading towards York
Theatre Royal Studio this Christmas. Small ones, tall ones,
fiery ones, roary ones, friendly ones, icy ones, scary ones.
They come from the pages of The Book of Dragons by
E. Nesbit, author of classic children’s book The Railway
Children.
York Theatre Royal Associate Director Juliet Forster has
adapted the stories from The Book of Dragons and also
directs the production, the first in-house Christmas show
produced in the Studio from 12 December to 6 January.
“I’d read The Book of Dragon stories as a child and had
a copy of them. I think stories with dragons were really good
for any age.” says Juliet. “E Nesbit has a really lovely sense
of humour and a lot of the dragons in her stories are funny
or friendly, not all of them are frightening.”
Box office 01904 623568.
yorktheatreroyal.co.uk

Now
booking
for Spring
term &
2018
HARROGATE

01423 771138
harrogate@stagecoach.co.uk
stagecoach.co.uk/harrogate
GARFORTH &

WETHERBY
0808 208 5134
garforth@stagecoach.co.uk
stagecoach.co.uk/garforth

LEEDS ROUNDHAY

0113 361 2393
leedsroundhay@stagecoach.co.uk
stagecoach.co.uk/leedsroundhay

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