Flare Path by Terence Rattigan

Name: Flare Path by Terence Rattigan
Start: 2025-03-12T19:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-03-12T22:00:00+00:00
Location: Swindon Arts Centre

Schedule

Wed Mar 12 2025 at 07:30 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Swindon Arts Centre | Swindon, EN

It is 1942 and war has taken to the air in a desperate attempt to block Hitler’s advance across Europe. In a hotel near a Lincolnshire airbase, 3 brave men from Bomber Command are enjoying a weekend off with their wives when suddenly, there is an unexpected order for a nighttime bombing raid. The ‘Flare Path’ is lit to allow the planes to take off & land with the unfortunate side effect of showing the base location to any passing German aircraft.
All know what is at stake - the fatality rate for bombers was nearly 50%.
Rattigan’s play has all the emotions of war - the fear, the stress, the humour & the effect they have on relationships.
Emotions & tensions ‘flare’ as they find their own ‘path’ through the trials & tribulations of war, accompanied by many pints of beer and pink gin. Who will return? Whose lives will be changed forever?