Salt Of The Earth by John Godber                         October 1st to 4th 2003

...a play set in the West Yorkshire mining villages of Upton and South Kirby from 1947 to 1985

Performance starts 7.30pm

Directed by Anthony Drèze

Salt Of The Earth focuses on the dreams, joys and disappointments of the Parker sisters, Annie and May, whose hopes centre on May's son Paul and his academic success.

As with much of John Godber's work, Salt Of The Earth contains a great deal of humour, but it also draws on the memories of his own childhood. It is primarily a family saga, and he uses his background to show its dreams, tensions and ambitions with pathos and warmth. At the heart is the community which shapes the family, but which is inexorably disappearing and changing.

Audiences are promised a roller-coaster ride of emotions as they are transported into the lives of these fictional but very real people.

Crew:

Lighting: Andrew Jackson & Sandie Smith

Stage Manager: Fred Wells

Sound: Tony Drèze

Props: Roger Thomas

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