LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD

By Tamsin Kennard

Set and Costume Designer

The Watermill and Theatre By The Lake 2026

Flora Thompson’s Lark Rise to Candleford, beautifully adapted by Tamsin Kennard, is set in the idyllic Oxfordshire county in the early 1900s. Anna Kelsey’s impressive design conjures up this rural existence with crafted period costumes and an imaginatively created set.

Robin Strapp - British Theatre Guide****

Anna Kelsey’s immaculately dressed set

Emma John - The Guardian****

Director:  Bryn Holding

Musical Director: Tamsin Kennard

Lighting Designer: Jane Lalljee

Sound Designer : Anna Short

Movement Director: Patsy Browne-Hope

Associate Lighting Designer: Jason Addison

Costume Supervisor: Maddy Edis

Photographer: Pamela Raith