The Accrington Pals

A main-house staging of Peter Whelan's World War I drama about a Lancashire mill town whose friends join up together and the women left behind.

The Archway Theatre presents Peter Whelan's play The Accrington Pals, directed by Tulin Udul. Set during World War I, it follows the day-to-day life of a Lancastrian mill town and groups of friends who enlisted together, contrasting the horrors at the front with the challenges faced by the women left behind. The production is described as a story of friendship, love and suffering, told with humour, warmth and truth.