Culture: Hans makes light work for Playbox; Terry Grimley looks at forthcoming plans for Warwick's Playbox Theatre.(Features)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20050112
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Byline: Terry Grimley

A rare professional production of Shakespeare's Henry VI plays and a festival to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen are included in Playbox Theatre Company's spring season.

The Warwick-based young people's theatre company, which moved into its own custom-built venue, The Dream Factory, six years ago, is also staging adaptations of two children's bestellers, David Almond's Secret Heart and Jacqueline Wlson's Double Act, and a new season of visiting theatre and dance.

As artistic director Stewart McGill explains, the ...

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