Event Details

Venue: Main House

Date: Tue 26 Jun - Sat 30 Jun

Time: 7.30pm with 2pm (Thu) & 2.30pm (Sat) matinees. Audio Described Sat 30 Jun, 2.30pm & 7.30pm

Produced by: Northern Stage

Written by: Alan Plater

Directed by: Samuel West

Music by: Alex Glasgow

Based on stories by: Sid Chaplin

Close The Coalhouse Door

Celebrating the magnificent spirit of the North East CLOSE THE COALHOUSE DOOR is told with a wry smile, punchy dialogue and moving songs by an extended family of wives, vicars, sons, daughters and, of course, the miners themselves.

An exhilarating ride through the strikes, victories and frustrations of British mining history, the show captures the political anger and fight for justice of ordinary people from the formation of the first Unions in 1831. At its heart beats the joyous, soulful music of Alex Glasgow, inspired by the anthems of working people.

Acclaimed director SAMUEL WEST and award-winning writer LEE HALL will bring to life ALAN PLATER’s masterpiece for new audiences in a landmark collaboration between NORTHERN STAGE and LIVE THEATRE. Close the Coalhouse Door has all the irony and lively mischief of Oh What a Lovely War, the dark grit of Our Friends in the North, and the triumph over adversity of Hall’s own Billy Elliot.

For more details and behind the scenes info visit
www.closethecoalhousedoor.co.uk

Close the Coalhouse Door features in Lyn Gardner's theatre tips on The Guardian website and is recommended on The Northerner Blog. Read them here and here