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Venue	Theatre Royal
Town	Margate
County	Kent
From	24th November 2011
To	24th November 2011
Theatre Royal (V685)
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Oh What a Lovely War

Work:: Oh What a Lovely War (S1627)

Comic expose of the savage futility of war in general and the First World War in particular.' Your Country Needs You' - The rallying call for a generation to do their patriotic duty and fight for king and country. A slogan which resonates with bitter futility for doomed youth who fought and died in the Great War, which claimed 10 million lives and left twice that number wounded and maimed. Oh What a Lovely War tells the story of this defining event of the 20th century through songs, sketches and period newsreel. A rousing musical, presented as a music hall revue, this highly charged satire on war and its horror is, in turns, brilliantly comic and deeply moving.

Author

Joan Littlewood

Production:: (T437110788)

Suitable for age 12 upwards. Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes approx (including interval)

Company	Blackeyed Theatre (in association with South Hill Park Arts Centre and The Courtyard Centre for the Arts)
Director	Adrian McDougall
Musical Director	Tom Neill
Design	Victoria Spearing
Choreographer	Gillian Albone
Music	Tom Neill (orchestration)
Design	Victoria Spearing
Costume	Fiona Davis
Costume	Pamela Wiggin
Lighting	Oliver Welsh
Performer	Robert Harding
Performer	Ben Harrison
Performer	Joseph Mann
Performer	Paul Morse
Performer	Tom Neill

Listing:: L065739519

TBC

Production details

Suitable for age 12 upwards. Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes approx (including interval) TBC

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