Women & Theatre presents: Clocking On

A contemporary theatre performance about the lives of female factory workers in World War One

Sunday 29 March, 3.30pm & 6pm, Small Heath Baptist Church, 14 Jenkins Street, Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 0QH

Free Entry. Suitable for all ages.

Come and join us as we see the ups and downs of a single shift in a Birmingham factory and eavesdrop on the women who kept the factory lines working while men were fighting at the front.

Facing the toils of manual labour, dealing with loss and embracing new opportunities, the women are beginning to contemplate the future. When the war ends, can life go back to what it was before?

Clocking On is the culmination of a heritage research project Women’s Work, involving local women carrying out archive and interview-based research, which has formed the basis of this production.

An exhibition of the project will be visiting Small Heath Library, Northfield Library, Birchfield Library and Balsall Heath Library between April-June 2015:

Small Heath Library – launch Monday 13 April 2pm.  Exhibition in situ 13 April – 1 May
Northfield Library – launch Tuesday 5 May 11am.  Exhibition in situ 5 May – 22 May
Birchfield Library – launch 26 May time tbc.  Exhibition in situ 26 May – 12 June
Balsall Heath Library – launch Monday 15 May 2pm. Exhibition in situ 15 June – 3 July

Further details are available through the project blog which can be found at: http://womenandtheatre.tumblr.com/

This project has been funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, Birmingham City Council, The Cole Charitable Trust, The Grimmitt Trust, The Roughley Trust and supported by Small Heath Baptist Church and South & City College Birmingham.