A scandalous secret. An endless golden summer. A beast they call the Green Dragon.

Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis (or Phil, to you and me) have been swept off to the English countryside by their mother, who is suddenly much too busy to play their games.

Left to explore their new home, it’s not long before they feel the pull of the railway at the bottom of the garden. As they follow the tracks to the local station, a whole world opens up to them, full of charming characters, romance, peril, and questions that need answering.

What to get Mr. Perks for his birthday when you can’t afford butter?
Why is the 08.11 always late?
Who is stealing from the coal-yard at nighttime?
And where has father gone, anyway?

Fresh from their 2025 tour of The Wind in the Willows ("fun, funny and utterly charming") and The Wizard of Oz ("utterly entrancing, a great mix of charm and sophisticated wit") Paperback Theatre returns to tour the UK with a brand new adaptation of E. Nesbit’s The Railway Children by Charis McRoberts.