Theatre: Toady and Ratty come to the Walled Garden

The Walled Garden in Brockwell Park is hosting open-air theatre performances this summer for the fifth year running.

Sixteen Feet, a Brixton-based theatre company, started its run of Wind in the Willows in the garden last week and shows will go on until August 27.

A cast of seven actors and musicians have been rehearsing hard at Brixton Community Base, Talma Road and will now perform from Tuesday to Sunday in the park. They won’t just be doing Wind in the Willows either – on August 25 and 26, there will be special cabaret shows with a musical programme from Ain’t Misbehaving to Avenue Q.

Wind in the Willows at the Walled Garden, Brockwell Park, August 11-August 27

Tues-Thurs: 11.30am and 2.30pm; Fri: 2.30pm and 6pm; Sat and Sun: 3pm and 6pm.Bank holiday weekend: August 25: Cabaret 6pm (no Wind in the Willows); August 26: Wind in the Willows 3pm, Caberet 6pm; August 27 Wind in the Willows 3pm and 6pm

A performance of Alice in the Walled Garden in 2010: