Peter Whelan's The Accrington Pals is a drama containing fictional characters, but is set against the background of the true story of the tragic fate of a real battalion, raised locally from the town of Accrington and neighbouring villages, at the start of the First World War. For a detailed account of the story click here.

Cast:

May, a stall holder: Sarah Overall
Tom, an apprentice: Calvin Moore
Arthur, Annie’s husband: Andrew Craze
Reggie, Annie’s son: Alon Witztum
Ralph, a clerk: Jason Thorn
Eva, a mill girl: Elizabeth Travis
Annie, a housewife: Brenda Allan
Sarah, a married millworker: Rosie Nicchitta
Bertha, a mill girl: Kate Sanders
C.S.M. Rivers, a regular soldier: Rusty Ashman

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Crew:

Director: Diana Bromley
Production Assistant: Joyce Piper
Set Designer: Andy Farrer
Stage Manager: Zoe Crick
Lighting: Mark Overall Noel Radnedge
Sound: Bernard Smith
Deputy SM: Chris Pleass
Construction Manager: Jon Musker
ASM: Stiofan Lanagan O'Keefe
Costume: Joyce Jayes Pauline Rosenthal
Props: Mo Colmans Kay Graham Lynda Gordon
Prompt: Paula Morris
Music selected by Colin Gregory Lynn Radnedge
Pianist: Tania Lloyd
Advance booking: Debbie Lane
Box Office: Angie Wright
Poster & Programme: Mary Musker
Publicity: Tony Newton John Woolf
Photographs: Tony Newton
Front of House Manager: Joann Moore