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• Oh! What a Lovely War

• 19th Jun - 27th Jun
• Written by: Joan Littlewood
• Directed by: Pat Shrimpton
• Performance Times: Fri 19:45, Sat 19:45, Mon 19:45, Tue 19:45, Wed 19:45, Thu 19:45, Fri 19:45, Sat 14:45, Sat 19:45

Synopsis

“Oh What a Lovely War” was first performed at the Lewes Little Theatre in 1966 and now we repeat the play to mark the 70th Anniversary of the Theatre.

Charles Chilton devised a radio documentary on the First World War, juxtapositioning facts and statistics with songs of the period. From this, Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop created the stage musical “Oh What a Lovely War” which opened in 1963.

The result is a very emotive story with truth, tragedy, pathos yet humour, told and sung by a cast of Pierrots and Pierettes.

World War 1 was at first thought to be “The War to end all Wars,” but this satire really shows the futility of conflict, and draws very strong parallels with what is still happening in the world today.

This is an ensemble production, with actors playing multiple parts.