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Date:
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Wednesday 19th
May 2010 - Saturday 22nd May 2010 |
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Time:
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7.30pm (Thursday
& Saturday Matinee: 2.30pm) |
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Tickets: |
£10.00
(Concessions: £8.00 & £5.00) |
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Venue: |
Auditorium |
BY ARRANGMENT WITH SAMUEL FRENCH LTD
JOAN LITTLEWOOD’S Musical Entertainment OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR
By Theatre Workshop, Charles Chilton, Gerry Raffles and Members of the
Original Cast.
Title suggested by Ted Allan
Performed by Exeter College BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts
students.
It’s
1914 and Europe is on the brink of war. Your king and country need
you, so be a real man, enlist today! The propaganda promise of valour
and victory is however, quickly revealed to be a fatal myth, as the
donkeys in command send the lions on the front line to die with
mind-blowing arrogance and incompetence. But throughout it all, they
keep on singing!
Oh What A Lovely War
is a moving, funny, lyrical evocation of the tragedy and pathos of the
First World War; one of the most futile and ferocious conflicts in
history. Armed with sketches, songs and stories, a cast of Pierrot
clowns mix their sombre buffoonery with the bawdy, tough humour of the
squaddies on the front line to take you on an incredible journey
across Europe: from the optimism of the British home front to the
blood-soaked fields of Flanders.
Still as relevant today as when it was first seen in London in 1963,
this brilliant satirical musical is one of the great landmarks of
post-war British theatre and has provided the perfect vehicle for the
company’s final major BTEC course project.
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