Otherstory puppetry will be leading a history walk using the medium of puppetry to tell the untold stories of Bedminster people who resisted the First World War, and who refused to kill.
Steps Against War: A History Walk With Puppets
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Performances
Otherstory Puppet Theatre: ‘Taking a Holiday’
A story of struggle in wartime – full of intrigue, escapes, comradeship…and bikes. What does it mean to be a refugee and on the run in your own country? Who will give you a bed for the night, a job… or a means of escape? A table top and shadow puppet show based on the true stories of ordinary people in 1916/17 and the hidden history of the resistance to the war machine in Bristol and elsewhere.
Commemoration Through Drama
Two plays. Spaniel In The Works. ‘War In Mind’ by John Bassett, Spaniel In The Works Theatre Company and ‘Protestors for Peace: A Play for Remembrance Week November 2018’.
England Arise! A Drama
A reading of the play ‘England, Arise!’ a drama telling the story of Arthur Gardiner’s refusal to fight in the First World War on political grounds, inspired by and drawing on Cyril Pearce’s book ‘Comrades In Conscience’.
This Evil Thing
The play brings together the stories of Bert Brocklesby, a schoolteacher and preacher at his Methodist chapel and Bertrand Russell, one of the greatest philosophers of his time. With the advent of military conscription their worlds are about to be turned upside down.