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In the Beginning

30th April 2015 @ 6:06am – by Ian Haughey
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In 1977, Pete and Jane Marshall moved onto a 45ft wooden narrow boat and found a mooring on the river Thames at Weybridge.

The boat was called Day-Star and by 1980 they were fed up of never having enough time to cruise the inland waterways. The solution was to give up proper jobs and head north on to the canal system.

The small matter of money to buy food led Pete (a former drama teacher) to write a short one-man play to perform at canalside pubs during the summer and then, maybe with the novelty having warn off, they could go back to a normal existence.

No chance! The one-man show soon developed into a one-man, one-woman show with the unsuspecting Jane (a former agricutural student and dairy farmer) being the other half.

During the next twenty five years children were born, other actors came and went, another boat (The Angry Bull) replaced the loveable, leaky Day-Star and more theatre and other projects were started at their South Cheshire base in Audlem.

Now ten summers ago saw the final Waterways Tour but Day-Star are still based on the Shropshire Union Canal at The Old Stables, Audlem, Cheshire and with some 40 plus plays written, continuing with and developing their Rural Tours taking original and highly relevant plays to village halls and small theatres.

Next

Day-Star Theatre invite you to go back in time to enjoy their performance of 'Put that light out'. Saturday 9th May at the World Famous Scout & Guide Hall in Audlem will be the venue, and all you need is period dress from the early war time 40's, your own rations, to really get involved in this performance.

With ITV Home Fires for inspiration on the fashion front or try here: http://faithtrustandfashiondust.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/1939-1945-second-world-war.html
You can then buy tickets online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1451835 or reserve at hoc19@me.com

Details about the play can be find here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1586671061572104/
or want to know more about your local Theatre Company:
http://www.day-star-theatre.co.uk/html/about_us.html
Ian H


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