THE HISTORY TROUPE FIRST ANNIVERSARY!

Yes - it may seem like we have been around for a while but in fact tis but a year! 

November is a busy time. PLEASE come along if you can...

• Tuesday 11th, 12:30. Ferens Art Gallery. Staged next to the First World War Exhibition, Rob Bell will read a selection of his own stories and poems set in the war as part of the Humber Mouth Festival. Free entry.

• Tuesday 11th, 19:00. Statues Cradling Toys, Toll Gavel Beverley. This performance tells the story of the East Riding during the First World War featuring Rob Bell, Bruce Khan, Cass Patton, Tom Steer with the Hillbilly Troupe and Lyn Acton singing songs from the era. Tickets are £5.

• Saturday 15th, 19:00. Truths, Endsleigh Centre, Beverley Road. Rob Bell has combined with the Hillbilly Troupe and Dr Nahro Zagros to devise a reading of poems from all over the world backed by songs and music of the era. Readings of German, Italian, Indian, Kurdish, Chinese poems will add a fresh perspective to the British War Poets and satire will not be forgotten with extracts from Wipers Times and Nursery Rhymes of the era. Tickets are £5.

• Wednesday 19th, 12:30. Kardomah94. 12:30 – for 30 minutes FREE. By popular demand, the short play Oppy Wood is to be repeated. Written by Rob Bell and directed by Cass Patton this play tells the story of Tommy, back from the war, who explodes in the family like a bomb. Featuring Daniel Ash, Emily Cox, Bruce Khan and Cass Patton.

• Wednesday 19th 19:00. Kardomah94. A performance of Oppy Wood will open the evening and then, a selection of war poems and stories will be read by the actors. Again, the readings will reach across the globe to summarise the impact of the First World War way beyond the trenches of the Western Front. Entrance £5.

To the first TEN who ask on this page - FREE ENTRY to the lot!

Painting by the inspirational Martin Waters

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