About the show
A heart-warming wartime tale of bravery and love
When Flo, a feisty seventy-something, learns that the hospital she trained at during the Second World War is being demolished, she decides to take one last look – and stop the bulldozers in their tracks. Her illicit visit becomes a personal celebration of friendship, courage, adventure and romance. But is what Flo remembers really the truth, or is history ready to be re-written?
Nursing Lives is a love story set in the early 1980s of Thatcher’s Britain, and takes us back to the hard-working, heart-breaking, swing-dancing world of the UK’s wartime hospitals.
This show is accessible to deaf and hearing audiences alike.
Funders: Arts Council England, Worcestershire County Council.
Production details
LATEST CAST
Richard J. Fletcher: 1980s: Pete/1940s: Johnny, Dick, Timmy, Old Man
James Greaves: 1980s: Old Flo/1940s: Matron, Dick, Mother
Marissa Gunter: 1980s: Jas/1940s: Fanny, Timmy, Dick, Usherette, Postie, GI Joe
Sarah Hawkins: 1940s: Young Flo
PRODUCTION TEAM
Writer/Director: Rachael Savage
Composer/Sound Editor: Janie Armour
Set/Costume Designer: Carl Davies
Mask Maker: Russell Dean
Dramaturg: Alan Riley
Choreographer: Rachael Alexander
Lighting Designer: Chris Barham
Set Builder: Gavin Lewery
Costume Supervisor/Maker: Hannah Marshall
OTHER INFO
RUNNING TIME
75 minutes plus interval
FUNDERS
Arts Council England
Worcestershire County Council
SUITABILITY
Over 12 years