The Accrington Pals

When:
14 July, 2014 @ 6:30 pm – 19 July, 2014 @ 6:30 pm
2014-07-14T18:30:00+00:00
2014-07-19T18:30:00+00:00
Where:
The Coachhouse Theatre
Cost:
£16, £12 over 60 and unwaged, £10 under 18
Contact:
Malvern Theatres
01684 892277

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