With a real steam train on stage near King's Cross station, Mike Kenny's adaptation of E Nesbit's novel has entranced theatre-goers of all ages, as the writer explainsWhen the 60 tonnes of the William Adams Express Passenger Engine No 563 chuff on to the theatre stage in a belch of smoke, a shimmering vision of chrome, steel, slicks of engine oil, green paint and polished brass, grown men can be seen weeping.Mike Ken…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM on January 16, 2015