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THEATRE REVIEW: Swing in the Willows, Ness Gardens.(Features)

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From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Date: 20030811
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Byline: PHILIP KEY

KENNETH Grahame's novel Wind in the Willows perfectly evoked the joys of the English countryside in its tale of animal antics.

So where better to see a staged version than in the open air in the English countryside itself?

At Ness Gardens in an area surrounded by trees and hedges and alongside the quintessentially English tea rooms,Off The Ground Theatre Company had a real romp with the story.

As its new title,Swing in the Willows, suggests, this was the story given a musical twist with several jump band numbers from the Louis Jordan repertoire ...

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