This show finished on Saturday 29 October 2016, and this page is being kept for archival purposes only.
Once Upon a Time in Wigan
The movement that changed music.
Dates
Wednesday 26 October - Saturday 29 October 2016
Venue
Price
5.50/6.00/6.50
Author
Details
“Did it really happen? Wigan Casino… the former Empress Ballroom, 1973 to 1981.”
Northern Soul: a fashion statement, a movement, a mantra. Working class kids with nothing to hope for, escaping the shittiness of their own existence by filing into dance halls across the North for one night every week, losing their faces on drugs and dance. All for the love of the music.
Eugene, Maxine, Danny, Suzanne. Four kids alive at the height of movement, living and breathing the culture to its eventual demise. This is their story, as well the story as every other soulie out there.
Keep the Faith.
Eugene - Henry Coldstream Maxine - Francesca Sellors Danny - Dougal Rea Suzanne - Lorna Treen
Cast and Crew
- Assistant Director
- Jess Haygarth
- Costume Designer
- Kathryn Weaving
- Danny
- Dougal Rea
- Director
- Tom Whiston
- Eugene
- Henry Coldstream
- Maxine
- Francesca Sellors
- Producer
- William Byam Shaw
- Publicity
- Michael Black
- Set Manager
- Nicola Farr
- Stage Manager
- Angela O'Callaghan
- Suzanne
- Lorna Treen
- Technical Manager
- Huw Jones