The Hammersley Project Presents:
A True British Soldier
A New Theatrical Play by Martha Callaghan
Saturday 13th September | 2.30pm
'Pay-what-you-decide' ticket scheme*: £15 Supporter | £10 Standard | £5 Subsidised | FREE
Running time (approx): 1 hours 45 minutes (inc. interval)
Suitable for: 10+
Location: The Manège Outdoor Arts Space, Bolton Gate Farm
Gates Open: 1.30pm
Leek 1925, the Nicholson Memorial in Leek is officially opened. But for one Frank Hammersley the event only reminds him of what he lost in WW1 and what he gained afterwards. His wife, May, and his children, George, Hilda and Frank are the greatest rewards after his dreadful time as a prisoner of war in Germany for four years. He's forever changed by what he witnessed and what he experienced, but he seeks solace in the idea that it was the war to end all wars. As the years pass, his youngest, Frank, is growing up in the Staffordshire countryside. A happy, rural childhood. However, as Frankie grows, storm clouds of war bloom on the horizon again. As the relationship strains between father and son, choices are made, and nothing will ever be the same again.
A True British Soldier by M C E Callaghan is in three parts a homage to the life of a real Leek man, the last to die in action in WWII. A musical play dramatising the relationship between a father with 'barbed-wire syndrome' and his young exuberant son, with his whole life ahead of him, and a love letter to the town they fought for. A True British Soldier is for fans of history, of community and of theatre in its rawest form. It will have you laughing and crying in equal measure.
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