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West Yorkshire Playhouse to stage Secret Garden
Award-winning Leeds writer Garry Lyons has adapted a classic novel for the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
The Quarry stage will be host to a Christmas musical, The Secret Garden, based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel.
The music has been composed by Tim Sutton some of whose work has been performed at Lichfield Festival.
Among the cast are Jayne Wisener who recently played alongside Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd, and Helena Blackman, runner-up in the BBC's How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?
Garry Lyons , who lectures in writing for performance and performance production at Leeds University, recently won a Royal Television Society Award for Leah's Trials, shown on Channel 4.
Director Ian Brown said: "I have loved the book for many years and always wanted to do an adaptation of it. Garry's adaptation and Tim's music add depth and emotion to an already beautifully-crafted tale for the family to enjoy."
It tells the story of Mary Lennox (Jayne Wisener) who arrives at her uncle's home on the Yorkshire moors. Her life is transformed when she comes across a garden which is all but forgotten.
The musical opens on November 28 and runs until January 23. Tickets cost 14 to 29.50 (concessions available) and family tickets are priced at 50.
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