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The
Pitmen Painters
Blyth
Phoenix Theatre
Wednesday 9th –
Saturday 12th November 2016
Lee Hall is a writer who
seems effortlessly to appeal across all class boundaries with such outstanding
works as "Billy Elliot", "Cooking With Elvis" and "The
Pitmen Painters"
"The
Pitmen Painters" is based on the true story of a group of miners who took
art appreciation classes and went onto create their own critically acclaimed
works.
The
play is about aspiration that everyone can engage with, as well as the power of
art to unify people despite their backgrounds and experiences.
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Some
of the cast of The Pitmen Painters
at
Woodhorn in front of the original paintings
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Now
for the first time, The Phoenix Theatre Company is producing and performing the
highly acclaimed production in Blyth from the 9th - 12th
November.
Executive
Director, David Garrett said "The Pitmen spent 8 hours a day in the mines
and came out and had this rich life that completely changed their
existence"
The Group
largely made up of coal miners (or pitmen as they are known), first came
together in 1934 through the Workers Education Association to study 'something
different' - art appreciation. In an effort to understand what it was all
about, their tutor Robert Lyon encouraged them to learn by doing it
themselves.
What they produced was fascinating and if a picture paints a thousand words, these pitmen's paintings speak more eloquently than any photograph. They captured every aspect of life in and around their mining community, above and below ground, from the scenes around the kitchen table and in the allotment to the dangerous and dirty world of the coal face.
The
original collection, of some 80 paintings are on permanent display at Woodhorn
in Ashington.
Tickets:
Pitmen Painters appears at Blyth’s Phoenix Theatre from 9th - 12th November at 7.30pm.
Tickets are £13.50 & £12.50 for concessions and
available from the Box Office on 01670 367228 or online at www.thephoenixtheatre.org.uk
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