Women & Theatre are working in partnership with the Birmingham Hippodrome and the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire) in the delivery of a participatory heritage project exploring the experiences of young men and boys from Birmingham during WWI.

The project will bring together a group of 14-25 year old males to research the experiences of young recruits during WWI and share them through live performances around an old drill hall site area in Thorp Street, a temporary exhibition at the RRF Museum and this digital archive. We will be updating this blog with material as the project progresses, and hope you will enjoy an insight into the process.


We are very fortunate to have received funding for this project from the Heritage Lottery Fund, The Grimmit Trust, The Cole Charitable Trust, The Roughley Trust, The Rowlands Trust and Service Birmingham. We are also grateful to Chung Ying Garden and the Gallan Group for their permission to use the old Drill Hall site.

Thursday, 10 April 2014

Production photos - Sunday 30 March

Janice introduces the project and production to the audience

The recruitment scene 

The audience line up for their march to the Drill Hall site

Families say goodbye to their 'loved ones'

The recruits are waved off with flags and singing 

The Sergeant puts the recruits through their paces

The boys write their letters home

A last minute talk 

The night before the battle

Going over the top

The audience see who has returned, and in what state

White roses (for peace) are given to all the female audience members
- it's Mothers Day!

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