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Bradford 2025 The Railway Children show features real steam train
A unique performance of The Railway Children will see audience members transported to the early 1900s and board an actual steam train, as part of Bradford's UK City of Culture celebrations. The stage adaptation of the classic children's novel will feature a locomotive that travels through the middle of the show begins when ticket-holders board the train at Keighley Station and then travel the full length of the historic Keighley and Worth Valley Railway - the five-mile route which featured in the 1970 film adaptation of the they reach the end of the line at Oxenhope they will find a purpose-built auditorium within the station's engine shed. Edith Nesbit's novel, published in 1906, tells the story of three children whose lives change dramatically after they move from a comfortable townhouse to a small Yorkshire cottage near a railway Hawley, who plays Mr Perks in the show, said it was "amazing" to bring the show to Bradford."The space is incredible, with a train track running through it, the audience are inches away from you - it's a beautiful piece of work," he Ashraf, who plays eldest child Roberta, agreed the show was about "really establishing a relationship with the audience" who will be "literally here in the space with us". "It's talking to them, looking at them, I'm excited for them to experience what that's like," she added. The production is directed by Damian Cruden - whose previous productions at the National Railway Museum in York and London Waterloo Station earned widespread this year thousands of young people applied to be cast members after the organisers of Bradford's City of Culture launched a search for around 30 children aged eight to 15 to take part in the call said no prior acting experience was needed to join a community ensemble cast, "just confidence, enthusiasm, and a love for performing". The play runs between 15 July and 7 September and is a co-production between the York Theatre Royal and Bradford 2025. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
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28-02-2025
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Bradford 2025: Casting call for The Railway Children ensemble
The organisers of Bradford's City of Culture year are searching for children aged eight to 15 to take part in a new production of The Railway stage adaptation of the children's classic will be set on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway at Oxenhope, where the 1970 film was play, which will take place between 16 July and 7 September, will be a co-production between the York Theatre Royal and Bradford casting call said no prior acting experience was needed to join a community ensemble cast supporting the production, "just confidence, enthusiasm, and a love for performing". Originally a children's novel by Edith Nesbit published in 1906, The Railway Children tells the story of three children whose lives change dramatically after they move from a comfortable townhouse to a small Yorkshire cottage near a railway line.A Bradford 2025 spokesperson said the show would begin when audience members board a steam train at Keighley Station, then travel the full length of the Worth Valley Railway."When you reach the end of the line at Oxenhope, you'll find a purpose-built auditorium within the station's Engine Shed – and a new version of the production, which tells the story of three children forced to move from London to Yorkshire after their father is falsely imprisoned."Organisers are seeking 30 young people for the interested can apply for an audition on the Bradford 2025 website by 10am on 17 to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
