Mikron Theatre will be performing their latest show Carrying On at the Working Class Movement Library Theatre on Sunday 1 October, 2pm.
2006 is Mikron's 35th anniversary and marks the 70th year of Mikron's narrowboat, Tyseley. The play will focus on WJ Yarwood and Sons Ltd, the Northwich-based shipyard, where Tyseley was built in the 1930s as part of the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company's fleet of boats. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression a family firm tries to consolidate its position. Written by Richard Povall the show also has songs and music by Richard and Rebekah Hughes.
Mikron Theatre Company is the little touring theatre company with the reputation for tackling large scale subjects and turning history into vivid and dramatic entertainment. Over the last 35 years, they have covered subjects as diverse as the history of the waterways and the lives of the boatpeople; the Luddites; hilltop farming; the history of beer and brewing; the conflict between conservation and tourism; the Newbury bypass protest; and the suffragettes.
The company have visited the WCML several times previously and have always gone down very well with the audience.
The WCML is located at Jubilee House, 51 Crescent Salford.
Tel. +44-161-736.3601
Email: [mailto]enquiries@wcml.org.uk[/mailto]
Website: [url]http://www.wcml.org.uk[/url]
Mikron Theatre website: [url]http://www.mikron.org.uk/[/url]
The performance is free with a collection afterwards to defray expenses. Light refreshments will be served.