The Railway Children

At the end of August, we attended the performance of "The Railway Children" at Oxenhope, on the Worth Valley Railway. This was running as part of the Bradford City of Culture Celebrations; one of the few things we've engaged with, sadly, but then there hasn't been a lot that stood out to us on the program of events.

The trip started with a special from Keighley...

...up to Oxenhope.

The conversion of the Display Shed into the venue was stunning, and some superb bits of set-staging and design work.

We obeyed the instruction not to photograph anything during the show of course, this is just before...

And the end. The money-shot, as it were, with the L&Y tender loco starring.

Then back to Keighley in the dark. We're no theatre critics, and in-depth analysis of the play is a bit beyond this blog, but from the point of view of being fans of the film, this play was spectacular. Funny, emotional, brilliantly acted and wonderfully-staged. We had a great time here, and so glad we managed to snag tickets for one of the final performances.

There'll be a follow-up post too, as we had the station to ourselves once the rest of the public had gone (Amy's dad was stewarding the service, so we hung about to help him, which meant an unrivalled opportunity to photograph the place in the dark).