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A delight. The play's triumph is the way it captures the exuberance of youth and the strangeness of the new culture that Gerald and his family find... it's there in Janys Chambers' adaptation, which keeps chunks of Durrell's evocative prose, while adding some wonderfully funny embellishments' The Stage; Weaves the poetic, wide-eyed prose of Gerald Durrell's childhood memoir into a really charming and fun play' WhatsOnStage; 'Durrell gets the revival he deserves. It fairly fizzes with life' Daily Mail

'Simply a delight... The play's triumph is in the way it captures the exuberance of youth and the strangeness of the new culture that Gerald and his family find themselves in... it's there in Janys Chambers' adaptation, which keeps chunks of Durrell's evocative prose while adding some wonderfully funny embellishments' * The Stage * 'Durrell gets the revival he deserves... it fairly fizzes with life' * Daily Mail * 'Weaves the poetic, wide-eyed prose of Gerald Durrell's childhood memoir into a really charming and fun play' * Whatsonstage *

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Gerald Durrell (1925–1995) was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter. His published work includes the autobiographical My Family and Other Animals (1956), a memoir of his family's years living in Greece. Janys Chambers is a writer, director, dramaturg, performer and theatremaker.

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