The Accrington Pals
Malvern Theatre Players
(resident amateur company of Malvern Theatres)
37th Season
The Accrington Pals
by Peter Whelan
On the eve of the First World War the young men of Accrington hear General Kitchener’s call for a New Army and become the smallest town in England to raise a Pals Volunteer Brigade. When they arrive in France, the brutal reality of the trenches is beyond anything that they were prepared for. And back home amongst the women they leave behind – mothers, wives, daughters, lovers – nothing can ever seem the same again. Based on a true story, this epic and deeply humane play dramatises the lives of ordinary people caught up in historical events. Funny, intimate and moving The Accrington Pals charts the fortunes of a close-knit community on the brink of change.
“Whelan writes with a poet’s ear” The Telegraph
The play “captures the contradictions of the time” The Guardian
Whelan captures the optimism, comradeship and community support” Manchester Salon
Monday 14th to Saturday 19th July at 7:30pm
Saturday 19th July at 2:30pm
The Coach House Theatre, Grange Road, Malvern
Tickets £16, £12 over 60 and unwaged, £10 under 18
(all prices include booking fee)
Tickets from Malvern Theatres box office
01684 892277 or www.malvern-theatres.co.uk