Event Date:
Thu - 4 Jun 2026 - Sat - 6 Jun 2026
Event Time: 7:30 pm
Location:
Winter Garden, Performing Arts Theatre, 14 Compton Street, Eastbourne BN21 4BP
Performances on Thurs 4 June 7.30pm, Fri 5 June 7.30pm & Sat 6 June 2.30pm and 7.30pm (for performance on Sat 6 June @7.30pm please click on the green book now tab above or on the calendar on the right)
Directed by John Berry, Viv Berry and Stephen Israel
Music composed and arranged by Rachel Frances Dawson
“We’re in the soup again!”
It’s a muggy Summer’s Day in Eastbourne and the local Community Kitchen is short staffed; can they cook 200 meals and stay on speaking terms as tempers flare and disaster strikes?
And can Eastbourne’s past step in to help? H.G. Wells, Eleanor Marx, George Meek and many others do their best; amid ship wrecks and the bombs of World War 2 falling on the town.
A cast of 50 actors, Concentus Choir, Cuckmere String Quartet, Eastbourne Silver Band and Printers Playhouse Community Choir in a specially written play with music about, and for, the town of Eastbourne.
Written by local playwright, Suzi Hopkins; the script is based on stories and memories shared by the people of Eastbourne, and the history of this unique seaside town.
This project is funded by Backstage Trust, East Sussex Arts Partnership, Chalk Cliff Trust and Darcy Clothing
Produced by The Company www.thecompanyuk.com
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