Although officially the new Globe regime won't see each cast double up over two
plays, there's a lot of cast crossover between Emma Rice's
A Midsummer Night's Dream
and the family show she's brought with her from her previous company, Kneehigh,
946. Based on the novel
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips by
War
Horse author Michael Morpurgo, it's another in the writer's peculiar niche of
children's stories about real war.
War Cat 946 moves
us from the First World War to the Second, and a coastal village in Devon where
12-year-old Lily (Katy Owen) argued with her father before he went off to join the
war. Convincing herself she's not worried about his return, she puts all her concern
into her cat Tips (puppeteered by Nandi Bhebhe,) who has a tendency to run away. The
farming community gets further shaken up by the arrival of evacuees from London,
including Lily's new friend Barry (Adam Sopp.)
