2nd Casting Night - An August Bank Holiday Lark

Name: 2nd Casting Night - An August Bank Holiday Lark
Start: 2024-11-01T20:30:00+01:00
Location: Haggate Baptist Church

Schedule

Fri Nov 01 2024 at 08:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Haggate Baptist Church | Burnley, EN

The penultimate play of the season will be An August Bank Holiday Lark by Deborah McAndrew directed by Donna Worthington
An August Bank Holiday Lark explores the impact of the First World War on a rural community in East Lancashire. Set in the idyllic summer of 1914 rural Lancashire, everyone in the community is excited about Wakes week; a rest from field and mill and a celebration of the Rushbearing Festival with singing, courting, drinking and dancing. The looming war barely registers . . but it will. Through the lens of traditional rural life, the play follows the stories of the people of the village and witnesses their personal transitions from exuberance to touching naivety as they manage their loss with courage and humanity.
It is set in a village near Colne, in 1914, just after war has been declared and involves Morris dancing and a Rushcart festival.

Cast:
The Rushcart Lads:-
John Farrar (50+), Squire.
Jim Haworth (40+) , Bagman.
Edward Farrar (22), John's son.
William Farrar (18), John's son.
Frank Armitage (21), Alice'son.
Alan Ramsden (30+), Mill worker.
Herbert Tweddle (25+), Rushcart Jockey.
Dick Shaw (70), Grandad.
The Greenmill Lasses:-
Alice Armitage, (40+), Frank's mother.
Mary Farrar (20), John's daughter.
Edie Stapleton (23), A school teacher.
Susie Hughes (17), A Mill Girl.

Play dates: Wednesday 9th to Saturday 12 April 2025