We’re Not Going Back trailer

Artistic Director, Cheryl Martin on sisterhood and celebrating what holds us together.

Our show We’re Not Going Back, is about a family of three sisters involved in Women Against Pit Closures (WAPC) during the 1984-85 miners’ strike.  It hits home for me because I’m the oldest of three sisters, and we’re as different as the women in the play.  But what is the same, for them and […]

Unite the Union’s Karen Reay on why We’re Not Going Back is a story that needs to be told

Ten years ago, Unite North East Yorkshire and the Humber region commissioned Red Ladder Theatre Company to create a play which marked the 30th anniversary of the 1984 miners’ strike. Our region is immensely proud that we are again working with Red Ladder, who have a passion to create change through the arts, to bring […]

‘Souper Woman’ Betty Cook

Writer Boff Whalley didn’t want ‘We’re Not Going Back’ to be the men’s story of the 1984/85 Miner’s Strike, instead tuning-in to the female voices of Women Against Pit Closures (WAPC) ‘who embodied the spirit and passion of the strike.’  He describes their voices as ‘hilarious, fantastic, full of stories’. One of those incredible voices […]