Malory Towers

Emma Rice’s adaptation of Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers was due to hit London years ago – in the 2020 summer holidays – but the whole thing was derailed by the pandemic. Now, at last, it returns follows hijinks at all-girls’ boarding school in remote Cornwall, centring on hot-tempered new girl Darrell Rivers, though this being Rice it’s a grandiose, music-heavy and generically tricksy take on the subject. Ages eight-plus.