The Lion, The Witch, The Wardrobe

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The Lion, The Witch, The Wardrobe

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Milton Keynes Theatre (UK Tour)

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“A Beautiful Version of an Enchanting Story.”

22 July 2025

What a wonderful evening at Milton Keynes last night! The Narnia books were a big part of my childhood and this version of what is probably the most popular book in the series was absolutely magical! I’m sure most people know the story of the four Pevensie children, evacuated to an old house in the country during the war, who find an old wardrobe in one of the bedrooms that transports them to the magical land of Narnia.

This version created a real feel of the 1940’s, helped enormously by a pianist playing wartime songs as we all came into the theatre.

One of the big delights for me were the puppet characters, namely Schrödinger, the professor’s cat and Aslan the Lion who was a combination of puppet, beautifully operated by Andrew Davison, Molly Francis and Rhodri Watkins and live actor Stanton Wright. But the stand out performances for me definitely came from Kraig Thornber as The Professor/Father Christmas/Wise Owl and Katy Stephen’s as Mrs Macready/White Witch. Kraig’s Father Christmas was a wonderful, lively character and Katy’s White Witch certainly scared the 10 year old who came with me to the show. Her power and evil pervaded the entire theatre.

The only small adverse comment would be the general darkness of the production. The set was basically a black box which worked very well for the first part of the show but when the snow started to melt and spring arrived it didn’t create enough colour as the White Witch’s power began diminish.

This in no way spoiled the evening for me, however, and I would absolutely recommend anyone who loves the C S Lewis books to go and see this delightful production. It’s on at Milton Keynes all this week and three travels to Blackpool, Llandudno, Eastbourne, Bristol, Bradford, Hull, Aylesbury, Sheffield, Wolverhampton, Nottingham, Sunderland, Southampton, Plymouth, and Salford.

Reviewer: Julia Rufey

Photography: Brinkhoff Mogeonburg

We are Gifted tickets so that in return we may give an honest review. All comments are those of the reviewer and theirs alone.