Southwark Playhouse Presents Howl’s Moving Castle
In the world of theatre there are very few that are relatively new to the scene. Housed below the vaults of London Bridge, the Southwark Playhouse was founded in 1993 and is in a setting that is simply dramatic and soaring. An eclectic mixture of works from emerging writers and the classic are presented every season at the theatre. Some of the works covered in past performances include The Canterbury Tales, Shakespeare, and there have also been puppetry and multimedia presentations.
The theatre this season, as always, will be keeping with its very high production standards with its presentation of Howl’s Moving Castle. This fantastical tale was penned by Diana Wynne Jones and was also made into an animated film. It was adapted for the stage by Mike Sizemore and narrated by Stephen Fry with music composed by the Guillemots’s Fyfe Dangerfield.
The show has been widely advertised in the newspapers and on the tele, it would not be too surprising if it was also advertised on pop up displays. When people attend they will not be disappointed with what they see as the production is very well put together.
Davy and Kristin McGuire are the directors and they are also responsible for the design and production. In the show there is an ambitious mixture of projection and live action which works well to unravel the story of Sophie. Sophie is an 18 year old who goes on a quest seeking to break a magical spell that ages her prematurely. The spell was cast by an evil witch. Sophie begins to work for a notorious wizard named Howl, who is rumoured to have consumed young women’s hearts. It is while in Howl’s magic castle that Sophie seeks to not only break her own spell but that of Howl’s.
The show is suitable for children 7 years and older and will run until January 7, 2012 at the Southwark Playhouse.
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