 The production premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre in July 2016 before transferring to London's West End in October 2016.Commissioned by producer Jamie Hendry in 2011, "The Wind in the Willows", a musical adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's novel, opens at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth in October 2016 before heading to The Lowry in Salford and London's West End.The book was written by Julian Fellowes who Stiles and Drewe previously worked with on "Mary Poppins" and "Half a Sixpence".