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Modern life and myth combine in a drama about what happens when a boy disappears.

Modern life and myth combine in a drama about what happens to a village community when a boy disappears. By Max Porter. Adapted by Oliver Emanuel.

by Max Porter
adapted by Oliver Emanuel

Adapted from Max Porter's extraordinary, mythical novel. 
Ten year old boy, Lanny, and his mum and dad have recently moved to a village outside London. They are not fully accepted and the locals are suspicious of outsiders. 
The village is also the realm of Dead Papa Toothwort, a local mythical figure, who listens to the sounds and talk of the village.  And to Lanny in particular. 

Then one day Lanny disappears.


DEAD PAPA TOOTHWORT ..... RON COOK
LANNY ..... JASON SPARROW
JOLIE ..... LUCIANNE MCEVOY
ROBERT/DETECTIVE ..... ROBIN LAING
PETE ..... MICHAEL NARDONE 
VILLAGER/LAURA. ..... CECILIA APPIAH
VILLAGER/DETECTIVE ..... CHARLOTTE EAST 
VILLAGER 3/HACK .....  ROGER RINGROSE
VILLAGER/MRS LARTON ..... JANE WHITTENSHAW
VILLAGER /PUBLISHER ..... STEFAN ADEGBOLA

Sound design and music by Jon Nicholls

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