An Elephant In The Garden

An Elephant In The Garden

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An Elephant In The Garden

An Elephant In The Garden
By Michael Morpurgo
Adapted and directed by Simon Reade.
Performed by Alison Reid

1945. Dresden, Germany. Lizzie, her mother - and an elephant from the zoo, flee the Allied fire-bombing in the end-game of the Second World War.

Escaping the Allies’ advance from the West - and also the advancing Russian armies from the East - this extraordinary trio of refugees meet:

a downed RAF officer, cowering in a barn; a homeless school choir on the run and their Countess saviour, harbouring them from the Nazis; and the mechanised American cavalry, appearing over the horizon.

It is Lizzie’s story – but Marlene, the elephant, is the heroine. Plodding, obdurate, opportunistic, load-bearing, indestructible, cheering - Marlene embodies the stubbornness of the human will and how it will do everything to survive.

Rated Excellent

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Taunton Brewhouse

Coal Orchard
Taunton
TA1 1JL

Disabled Booking:
01823 283244

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