Red Ladder presents 'We're Not Going Back'
17 October 2014
£5.00
Red Ladder Theatre Company and Unite the Union present We’re Not Going Back
Written by Boff Whalley
75 Mines.
3 Sisters.
1 Cause.
(And a six-pack of Babycham)
We’re Not Going Back is about the 1984/85 miners’ strike… more or less.
But in this hard-hitting musical comedy there are no miners. Instead, we follow the fortunes of three sisters in a pit village, hit hard by the Government’s war against the miners and determined to set up a branch of Women Against Pit Closures.
Olive, Mary and Isabel are like any other sisters whose everyday squabbles became a background hum to a strike that forces them to question their lives, their relationships and their family ties.
This strike wasn’t just a battle fought out between pickets, police, politicians and public opinion. It was as much a battle in the homes and families of those fighting for their communities.
We’re Not Going Back tackles the resilience of working communities, the make-and-mend fabric of family and the power of sticking two fingers up to a government hell-bent on destruction… and all with humour, song and that six-pack of Babycham.
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Running Time: 1 hour 45 mins including interval.
All Tickets £5.00 For ticket sales please contact exandretiredminers@hotmail.co.uk Tel: 01623 416895