Photo Flash: Inside Opening Night of THE RAILWAY CHILDREN at King's Cross Theatre

The Olivier Award-winning production of Mike Kenny's stage adaptation of E. Nesbit's novel The Railway Children opened last night, 14 January. Below, BroadayWorld brings you a first look at opening night!

The cast of The Railway Children is led by Jeremy Swift as Mr Perks and Caroline Harker as Mother. Also in the cast areLouise Calf as Phyllis, Clare Corbett as Mrs Perks, Jack Hardwick as Peter, Mark Hawkins as Jim/District Super, Connie Hyde as Mrs Viney, Andrew Loudon as Father/Doctor,Serena Manteghi as Bobbie, Blair Plant as Schepansky andMoray Treadwell as the Old Gentleman, plus a children's ensemble made up of four teams of ten children aged between 9 and 15.

A purpose built 1,000-seat theatre, complete with a railway track and platforms, and with a state of the art heating system, has been specially created on the site on King's Boulevard, behind King's Cross Station, which has been loaned to the production for the duration of the run by Google. The York Theatre Royal production, which is in association with the National Railway Museum, once again features a live steam locomotive and a vintage carriage, originally built in 1896.