The Secret Garden (Open Air Edition)

Disregarded and disobedient, ten-year-old Mary Lennox is sent from India to Yorkshire and put into the care of an uncle she has never met.

At Misselthwaite Manor, a brokenhearted house full of secrets and strange noises, Mary discovers a garden as lost and neglected as she is. If she can learn to make friends with robins, grumpy gardeners and a boy who speaks to animals, Mary might be able to bring more than just the garden back to life...

The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s tale about the magic of nature and the nature of magic, has been a beloved and quietly radical classic of children’s literature since its publication in 1911. Holly Robinson and Anna Himali Howard’s thrillingly adventurous adaptation was first performed at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London, in 2024.

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children’s novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885-1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).

Holly Robinson is a Birmingham-born playwright now based in London. Her debut play soft animals was premiered at Soho Theatre, London, in 2019. Her adaptation (with Anna Himali Howard) of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel The Secret Garden was staged at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in 2024.

Anna Himali Howard is a director, theatre-maker and dramaturg. She was a Creative Associate at the Gate Theatre and was an Associate Artist at Brixton House. Her adaptation (with Holly Robinson) of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel The Secret Garden was staged at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in 2024.