Details

Keswick, 1940 - Britain is at war with Germany. Maggie's life is under invasion too: Gran knitting for England, evacuee lodgers, helping with the war effort - and now a fund-raising concert party! Husband Rob is due home on RAF leave and best friend Peg has just learnt that she's pregnant - but no such luck for Maggie and Rob... Nostalgia, romance, laughter and tears all feature in this comedy world première from the adapter of the hugely successful The Maid of Buttermere, full of live music, songs and dance from the war years.

Cast/Performers

Matt Addis (Perce), Benjamin Askew (Rob), Fiona Drummond (Hilda), Ben Ingles (Alec), Kate Layden (Gran), Polly Lister (Peg), Olivia Mace (Jean), Heather Phoenix (Leonore), Heather Saunders (Maggie)

Creatives/Company

Author: Lisa Evans
Producer: Theatre By the Lake
Director(s): Ian Forest, Lorelei Lynn (movement), Kate Waters (fight)
Design(s): Martin Johns, Martin Johns
Musical Director(s): Richard Atkinson, Kieran Buckeridge (assistant)
Lighting: Nick Beadle
Other: Charmian Hoare (dialect coach)
Sound: Andrew J Lindsay