WARTIME drama The Accrington Pals will be the second production of the season for Skipton Little Theatre.
The lyrical, absorbing play is set in Accrington during 1914 to 1916. The “Pals” are the men from the local volunteer battalion who march high-spiritedly off to the Great War with their experiences in the trenches contrasted with those of the women left behind. At times funny, at times sad, it paints a moving and powerful picture of the changes in civilian life during wartime.
In a preface to the play, its writer, Peter Whelan, keen to write about working-class women during the war, says: “For me this was like looking through a pinhole into the past and finding a whole vista of humanity revealed in a very unexpected way.
“These mothers, wives, daughters and lovers of the Pals didn’t knuckle under sheepishly to authority in the way I had supposed.”
The Accrington Pals will play at Skipton Little Theatre, Clifford Street, from Tuesday, November 6 to Saturday, November 10. Doors open 7pm, for a 7.30pm start. Tickets £10, students, £5. Booking online at: ticketsource.co.uk/skiptonlittletheatre, or telephone 0752 714 1176 or by email : skipton.little.theatre@gmail.com
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