Rob Fennah said: “This show is loaded with provenance. It came as a terrible shock to find the thriving, wealthy port Helen’s father remembered as a boy, the place his own father made his fortune, had long since gone. With nothing more than the clothes they stood up in, the family of nine took the train to Liverpool where they hoped to rebuild their shattered lives. Helen’s spendthrift father was declared bankrupt forcing the family to leave behind the nannies, servants, and beautiful middle-class home in the gentler South West of England. Based on the late author’s million-selling autobiography, the play written by Rob Fennah, chronicles Helen’s early life during The Great Depression in 1930s Liverpool. The hit stage drama has been revamped and updated and will be at the Victoria Theatre Halifax on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 October.įeaturing a cast of 9 playing over 40 characters, the period drama is set in the early 1930s in the midst of the Great Depression.
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