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The secret garden

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From: Bath Chronicle, The
Date: 20080521
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Take one Edwardian children's classic, add a sentimental back story, a ghostly chorus line and a handful of gorgeous melodies and there you have it: an award-winning musical based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden.

With its multi-layered plot, demanding score and numerous scene changes, it's an ambitious project for an amateur company. But TAOS meets the challenge head-on, creating an entertaining, sometimes spellbinding, performance.

The strength of the show is very much vested in solo songs, rather than big production numbers. Several TAOS regulars shine in the main roles: Sean ...

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