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ARTSREACH

Briantspuddle Village Hall invites you All to an Artsreach
evening of thought-provoking classic drama.

Townsend Productions - The
Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Performing on: Saturday 11th November at 7.30
p.m.
Venue: Briantspuddle Village Hall.
Ticket price: Adult £12 Child £6 Family £32 (Age
11+ Recommended)
Box Office: For Tickets call Deborah on
07788100273
Tickets also available online at www.artsreach.co.uk

Refreshments: Cash Bar will be available with Beers, wine, soft drinks & teas &
coffee
Acclaimed actor and musician Neil Gore presents a solo version of the
classic novel by Robert Tressell featuring projection, political conjuring tricks, live
music and song. Meet the famous characters and enjoy the scenes, speeches
and songs, featuring the Great Money Trick as its centrepiece. This enduring and
absorbing classic story of a year in the life of a group of Edwardian painters and
decorators is brought to life by actor and musician Neil Gore using his extensive
knowledge of the book and the play, having performed it in many versions for
over forty years.
'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' follows a group of workers as they renovate
'The Cave', a three-storey town house, for Mayor Sweater. It traces their hardships
and struggles for survival in a complacent and stagnating Edwardian England.
These workers are the 'philanthropists' who throw themselves into back-breaking
work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. They are
joined by artist Owen, whose spirited attacks on the dishonesty of Capitalism
along with his Socialist vision, highlights the exploitation in their workplace but also
focuses on the inequality in society as a whole. Recommended 11+

"A one person Tour-De-Force" - The Observer
Touring Dorset with Artsreach, the county’s touring arts charity.
www.artsreach.co.uk

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