This should not work but it does, beautifully. The three railway children are played by young adults recounting their story but speaking as children. As I say, it should not work but it does. The theatre is the Railway Museum in York and the set within is made of two opposing station platforms between which are several small stages which cunningly move up and down the railway tracks as metaphorical trains where the story is told. It is all quite original and highly imaginative. I would love to have seen this in York, particularly when the original engine steams onto the stage. But this review is based upon the TV production of the same stage play which I saw in 2018. And I know very well how difficult it is to film a stage play in the making and expect to work on the small screen. But this does very very well.
Review of The Railway Children
