When Rat refuses, Mole ventures on the scary road alone (“THE WILD WOODERS”).
In his new racer, he terrorises his neighbours, particularly a family of nervous Hedgehogs (“THE HEDGEHOG’S NIGHTMARE” / “THE AMAZING MR TOAD”).ĭetermined to save Mr Toad from himself, Mole insists Rat and he venture into the Wild Wood to call on the support of Badger. Rather than be upset Mr Toad changes his obsession again and now focuses on the new-fangled motor-car (“SPEED IS OF THE ESSENCE REPRISE”). Having parked at the roadside for an overnight stop, a passing motor car scares the horse, causing the caravan to overturn into a ditch. He persuades the reluctant Rat and willing Mole to join him on a trip (“THE OPEN ROAD”). Having recently given up boating, Mr Toad’s current craze is his horse-drawn caravan. Mr Toad is rich, jovial, friendly and kind-hearted, but aimless and conceited he regularly becomes obsessed with current fads, only to abandon them abruptly. Rat and Mrs Otter warn Mole about the inhabitants of the Wild Wood and tell him of wise but solitary Badger who lives there and of the extraordinary amphibian, Mr Toad (“SPEED IS OF THE ESSENCE”).Īs the Swallows return marking the beginning of summer (“ONE SWALLOW DOES NOT A SUMMER MAKE”), Mole and Rat visit Toad Hall at the request of Mr Toad (“TOAD’S ENTRANCE”). Mrs Otter gate-crashes the friends’ picnic looking for her daughter Portia who has a habit of wandering off in search of food.
Rat takes Mole for a trip in his rowing boat, and as he shares his picnic an enduring friendship is born (“MESSING ABOUT IN A BOAT”). Here he meets Rat who spends all his days in, on and close by the river. He flees his underground home, emerging to take in the air and ends up by the river, a thing he has never seen before. With the arrival of spring and fine weather outside, Mole becomes bored with spring cleaning (“SPRING”). The production team is now creating the definitive North American version. *Note: We are currently licensing the West End production of THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. Videos of West End Production courtesy of BroadwayHD
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Full of humor, wit, a gorgeous, soaring score, and heartwarming lessons of friendship, THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS is the perfect fit for family audiences everywhere.
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With his beloved home under threat from the notorious Chief Weasel and his gang of sinister Wild Wooders, Toad must attempt a daring escape leading to a series of misadventures and a heroic battle to recapture Toad Hall. Toad, whose insatiable need for speed lands him in serious trouble. This riotous comedy follows Mole, Rat, Badger, and the impulsive Mr. Based on Kenneth Grahame’s best-selling classic of children’s literature, and with a book by Oscar-winning screenwriter and Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes and songs by Olivier Award-winning composers and lyricists George Stiles and Anthony Drewe,THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS is a wild, thrill-seeking tale.
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