Olivier Award-winning actress Sara Kestelman leads a new adaptation of Moomin creator Tove Jansson’s magical novel The Summer Book.

Directed by Douglas Rintoul and adapted by Jemma Kennedy, the play tells the story of six-year-old Sophia and her grandmother, who while away the summer months on a remote island in Finland.

Kestleman, who won a coveted Olivier Award for her performance in 1994’s Cabaret, returns to the London stage following appearances in productions including Torch Song Trilogy at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Making Noise Quietly at the Donmar Warehouse and Hamlet at the National Theatre.

Suitable for children aged six and older, The Summer Book is staged to mark the 100th anniversary of Jansson’s birth.