Marsden’s Mikron Theatre is staging a production about the First World War.
Troupers will be at the Tolson Museum in Ravensknowle Park on Saturday, September 20, at 1pm and on the same day at Brighouse Civic Hall at 7.30pm as part of Brighouse Arts Festival.
Set against the backdrop of the First World War, it’s 1914 and British entertainment is down. A loss of appetite for frivolous pleasures and a dearth of young men finds actor-manager Lena Ashwell with a theatre but no audience.
A passionate advocate of ‘art for all’ and determined to do her bit, she assembles a motley bunch of ‘turns’ and books a tour with a difference. Her Troupers won’t tread the boards of Old Blighty but the muddy, bloody fields of France.
A little told story of the Great War, Troupers brings to life the amazingly audacious Concerts At The Front; a hitherto unsung war effort that’s full of guts, gusto and greasepaint.
No tickets are required for the Tolson show and a cash collection will be taken after the show.
Tickets for the Brighouse show are £11 (£9 concessions).
