By Lisa Blower
A new play inspired by the experiences and ongoing action of North Staffs Miners’ Wives Association Group (NSMWAG) and its Chair Rose Hunter, to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1984 Miners’ Strike this year.
The Miner Birds is written by award-winning local writer and academic Lisa Blower, with contributions from NSMWAG, and celebrates the voices of women mobilised during the miners’ strike and their determination to continue fighting for their communities to this day.
Three actors through song, storytelling and poetry, breathe life into the experiences of miners’ wives past, present and looking to the future.
The 45-minute play will be performed in the New Vic Theatre’s outdoor woodland performance space, transformed into a replica of the pit camp that the NSMWAG set up at Trentham Colliery.
Staged with support from Keele University Institute for Social Inclusion.
Tickets: FREE
Main image by Kevin Hayes
Friday 26 July–Saturday 27 July 2024
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Amy Parker in The Miner Birds at the New Vic. Photo by Andrew Billington.
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