I'd heard that this stage play was very well reviewed, so when some more tickets went on sale I thought it might be worth going to see. This time I went with my sister, and parked up at the NCP car park nextdoor to the Curve Theatre. For anyone visiting this theatre by car, that is usually the best place to park, but there can be quite a queue when leaving, so be warned!

Whilst we sat and waited for it to start, someone dressed as a WW2 soldier played old songs on a piano such as It's a Long Way to Tipperary. This probably lasted for a good ten or more minutes, but then there's a voiceover, as if at a railway station in the 1930s , which does the usual request for mobile phones to be off. When the show started, the scene is set as a train station and the other actors appeared, and started singing Vera Lynn’s We’ll Meet Again.

We're then finally introduced to the Pevensies. The actors looked like they may have been slightly too old for the roles, but this is theatre, and it's understandable. If they'd gotten actors the correct ages then having rehearsals and late night finishes every day wouldn't be good for the school work!

The production was good quality, and the Evil Queen, aka The Witch, was believable as Jardis in that she was evil, but at the same time you could tell there was something else underneath that too. The different animal characters were a source of entertainment, and provided most of the lighter aspects of the storytelling. Aslan was also very well done, and at times made me think of The Lion King.

The production reminded me a lot of how The Wizard of Oz was done when we saw that at The Curve too, but I think this one was a little better.