Red Ladder and Chumbawamba join forces to make a riotous musical comedy featuring live music by the band.  Set in Northern Industrial Britain Riot, Rebellion & Bloody Insurrection fuses theatre, music, banter and action for an audience looking for an antidote to TV Talent Contests and multi-millionaires taking multi-million pound pensions in this winter of recession.

December 1825. England is in the grip of a harsh winter, its army is fighting colonial battles abroad, and hunger and poverty are rife. Thousands are thrown out of work while the landed, property-owning few become indecently rich.

Sound familiar?

See the story of sassy Luddite rebel Elsie Proud as she wages war against the ruthless rags-to-riches Boss Ernest Hardgristle and career climbing politician, Robert Catchpenny.