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tour this year.”“The original novel is soconnected with the natu-ral world, it is exciting to beable to bring it to life in theperfect surroundings...” shesaid.“It makes a lovely familyshow which provides theopportunityforaudiencestobring along a picnic and joinin the fun with lots of music,dance and song in the pro-duction.”And her favourite charac-ter is that loveable toad, ermToad!“...he is such alargerthan lifecharacter,” Laura added.“He certainly has his flawsbuthealsohasaheartofgoldandIthinkthateveryonecansee a little bit of themselvesin him.”The animated retelling seesBadger, Ratty and Mole set

out to discover their ownperfect spot to have a picnic.But any thoughts of quietlygrazing in the summer sunare cast adrift thanks to thehilarious escapades and per-ilous pitfalls of Toad.The interval even includes awoodland parade, so thereare plenty of chances to getinvolved with this show!The Chapterhouse produc-tionwillbehappeninginsidethe Willen Mini Bowl.Tickets are priced at £13 foradults, £9 for children, ortake up a family ticket for£38.A 10 per cent discount isavailable for parties of 10or more, so bundle up yourfamily, pull your pals togeth-er and prepare to be bowl-edover. To book, call See Tick-ets on 0871 2200260 or visitwww.seetickets.com

While the sun is shining,and hopefully it is still beat-ingdownasyoureadthis,youwant to enjoy the great out-doors as much as possible.You’ll probably dine al fres-co, but how about enjoying alittle theatre in the fresh airtoo?Tomorrow,from7pm,WillenLake is the cracking venuefor Chapterhouse Theatre’sproduction of Wind in theWillows.Kenneth Grahame’s clas-sic has been adapted forthis current tour, by LauraTurner.“I was really excited to beasked to adapt The Wind inthe Willows for our open air

Bumptious Toad hits the roadin new ‘Willows’ adaptation

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Bardy BrillianT: Globe on Tour, three times the Shakespeare selection

FaVOUriTE CHaraCTErS: Badger, Ratty and Mole entertain in an animated version of this children’s classic

ExplOring: Dora, left, and cheeky monkey Boots, far left – bringingsmiles to children at MK Theatre this weekto see three of Shakespeare’s

plays in a day on Saturday, Au-gust 10.Shakespeare’s Globe returnsto Milton Keynes Theatre onWednesday to present thethree plays of Henry VI undertheiroriginaltitles–HarrytheSixth, The Houses of York &Lancaster and The True Trag-edy of the Duke of York.The plays create a world whenthe heroes are not kings butformidable women (thinkJoan of Arc) or rebels (such asrebellion leader Jack Cade).A country racked by civil waris brought to life through boldcharacterisation, black com-edy, rhetorical power andtouching poignancy.Each play can be enjoyed indi-viduallywithoutknowledgeofthe others, or make a day of iton Saturday.S e e H a r r y th e S i x th o nWednesday at 7.30pm, Thurs-day (August 8) at 2pm and Sat-urday (August 10) at 12.30pm.The Houses of York & Lan-caster takes centre stage at7.30pm on Thursday and Sat-urday at 4pm.Finally, see The True Trage-dy of the Duke of York on Fri-day at 7.30pm and Saturday at7.30pm.Shakespeare’s Globe is work-ing with Milton KeynesTheatre as part of Fourteent-

Intrepid explorer Dora haslost her teddy bear Osito andthe search is on to retrievehim in a song and dance spec-tacular for children at MiltonKeynes Theatre this week.

Dora the Explorer fans willdelight in the two-act showwhich encourages them tothink, sing and play along inthe same way as the popularNickelodeonchildren’stelevi-sion show.Join Dora as she uses hermap-reading, counting, mu-sical and language skills tosuccessfully pass throughthe number pyramid and themixed-up jungle to reach theCity of Lost Toys.With the help of the audience,map, backpack (it is purple,and it talks) and Boots (a mon-key companion named for hisbeloved pair of red boots), Do-ra is embarking on her mostfun-filled quest yet.But watch out – you nev-er know what that sneaky,masked thieving fox Swipermight be up to along the way.Join the search with perform-ances on tomorrow at 4pm,Saturday at 10am, 1pm and4pm and Sunday at 10am and1pm.

The Bard almost certainlydid not set out to write a tril-ogybuttheatre-goerscantakeadvantage of the opportunity

dora’s funfilled quest

‘...the heroesare not kingsbut formidablewomen...’

by georgina butlergeorgina.butler@jpress.co.uk@georginaLbutler

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wentyone to offer 1,421 freetickets to young audiencesbetween the ages of 14 and 21– just quote ‘1421’ when book-ing.

Take a trip back in time to vin-tage Las Vegas to celebrate thegreatestmusicofthe20thcen-tury when The Rat Pack VegasSpectacularShowswingsintoMilton Keynes Theatre today.The purveyors of cool returnto the new city by popular de-mand with two performancesof their sensational show – amatinee and a bonus eveningperformance – promising au-diences a cool and timelesssoiree.With totally live renditionsof classic songs, includingCome Fly With Me, Under MySkin, Mr Bojangles, Lady IsA Tramp, That’s Amore andmore, prepare to indulge insome pure nostalgia.This popular group of pol-ished performers capture theessence of acclaimed enter-tainers Frank Sinatra, DeanMartin and Sammy DavisJunior with their fabulousproduction.Tickets are £17 to £21, withthe matinee at 3pm and theevening show at 7.30pm.CalltheBoxOfficeon08448472322 or visit www.atgtickets.com/miltonkeynes .