It's an excellent idea to commission a
play about Bolton Wanderers. The Octagon Theatre
and the Wanderers are synonymous with the town
and we're looking forward to and relishing the
prospect of two important institutions working
together on such an interesting project'
Bolton
Wanderers Football Club
This is a Bolton Wanderers play that
even Blackburn Rovers fans might enjoy.
The
Guardian
You
can read more reviews of this production here
and here.
What
do you do when you're due to be married on FA
Cup Final day - and even the vicar wants to
go to the match?
It's
1923 and Martha Platt's wedding plans are falling
to pieces as friends and neighbours, including
fiance Ted Aspinall, can talk of nothing but
the Wanderers' shot at glory, whilst Ted's brother,
Jim, dreams of revolution on the street of Bolton.
Local newsagent Bob Stott announces he's walking
to Wembley - bedecked in the navy blue and white
ribbons and wearing brand new irons on his clogs,
will he really manage 200 miles in just 6 days?
For
Hilda and Alf Hilton, life hasn't been the same
since 1918, when the telegram came from the
War Office with the worst possible news. Can
anything lift the clouds?
In
48 years the Trotters have been in the final
twice and lost both times - can they actually
win against West Ham United? With less than
a week to go, the brand new Wembley Stadium
is still incomplete - will it be ready on time?!
And was it a good idea to employ 120 boy scouts
to control an expected crowd of 120,000?
Set
in Bolton in the early 1920's, a time of great
political and social change leading to upheaval
and divisions in the town, And Did Those
Feet is a heartwarming, funny and inspiring
play about the passion for 'the beautiful game'
and its ability to bring people and communities
together, and how the residents of one Bolton
street resolve their differences and unite behind
their team.
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