Based upon the popular children’s book, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the latest musical version by Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon, and adapted by Leicester Drama Society raises the bar, with a tremendous cast as it begins its run at Leicester’s Little Theatre.

A gender-bending, quick-changing, laugh-out-loud reimagining of the gothic classic, ‘Dracula’. Coming to our studio this July.

Pop Larkin, who makes a fortune from scrap-iron deals but has never paid income tax, lives in rural idyllic bliss with generous-hearted Ma and their six children. When a young, earnest tax official Mr Charlton turns up one hot May afternoon in 1957 to investigate, he is bewitched immediately by eldest daughter Mariette, and it isn’t long before he succumbs to the boisterous Larkin family charm and largesse.

Reg finds food rather scarce, despite having it thrown at him by Sarah… Sarah is scandalised by Annie… Annie is disappointed by men in general and Tom in particular… Tom knocks down Norman… Norman’s romantic proposals are ruined thanks to Ruth… Ruth loses her patience, her temper, and her glasses… and everyone has trouble deciding where to sit.