Interspersed with real archive film footage from WW2, this family drama explores four generations of Lancaster women, bound by blood. 1943, Lancaster, a time when all the men looked like movie stars (if the lighting was dim enough) and one of the best things a girl could do was to lose herself in the whirlwind romances of films like Casablanca. Against a backdrop of war, Lily, a young cinema usherette whose husband is off fighting, finds new possibilities in a pair of Gary Cooper eyes and dares to dream about what the future might hold. Sixty years later, Lancaster. Lily's daughter and grand-daughter, clearing out her house, discover her wartime diary, wrapped lovingly in a red silk scarf and begin to discover that their ties with the past are knotted more firmly than they ever realised. Home Fires softly illuminates the shadows of the mothers that walk behind every woman, and charts their quietly powerful influence on the future.| 1 Feb 07 to 24 Feb 07 | The Dukes Lancaster, Lancashire Performance Details => Venue archive |
