A new tour of the play Operation Radar, written by Suzanne Hawkes, goes on the road from September.
It’s a race against time as Boffins Robert Watson Watt and Skip Wilkins try to come up with solutions to the impossible problems of detecting aircraft and IFF (identifying friend or foe) before they succumb to the bleak conditions of Orford Ness, or Hitler unleashes the might of the Luftwaffe and wipes out the RAF ‘before the flying boys have got their socks on!’.
As they re-establish operations at Bawdsey Manor, and Churchill piles on the pressure, will Air Marshall Dowding retain his sanity long enough to be any help?
Even if they do find answers – who will operate the new Chain Home Stations now all the men are being called up?
With live music and a mixture of new songs and old favourites from the period, this is a chance, in the 80th Anniversary year of VE & VJ Day, to celebrate the amazing achievements of a small group of men and women who ‘saved the day’ and were a vital part of victory.
Performance dates :
Tuesday 2nd Sept/Wednesday 3rd Sept 7.45pm TWO SISTERS ARTS CENTRE, Trimley St Mary nr Felixstowe – Preview performances – ALL TICKETS £10
Saturday 6th Sept/Sunday 7th Sept 2.30pm BAWDSEY RADAR MUSEUM – ALL TICKETS £15 – will include return ferry from Felixstowe – Bawdsey, shuttle bus between Bawdsey Quay and entry to the Museum before the performance.
PLEASE NOTE: Sunday’s Performance will be BSL SIGNED
Tuesday 9th Sept 7.45pm MARTLESHAM COMMUNITY HALL, Felixstowe Rd, Martlesham – Tickets £15/£13
Friday 12th Sept 7.45pm DARSHAM VILLAGE HALL – Tickets £15/£13
Saturday 13th Sept 7.45pm OLD JET, BENTWATERS PARK – Tickets £15/£13
Sunday 14th Sept 2.30pm HARVEST HOUSE, Felixstowe – Tickets £15/£13 (HH residents £10)
Monday 15th Sept 7.45pm WALDRINGFIELD VILLAGE HALL – Tickets £15/£13
Tuesday 16th Sept 7.45pm Court Room, BURY ST EDMUNDS GUILDHALL – Tickets £15 (includes a chance to visit the only surviving WWII Royal Observer Corps Operations Room in the UK)
Friday 19th Sept 7.45pm ORFORD TOWN HALL – Tickets £15/£13 (why not have a meal at The Crown & Castle, mentioned in the play, before the performance?)
Saturday 20th Sept 7.45pm JUBILEE HALL, ALDEBURGH – Tickets £15/£13
The first run of performances in April at Two Sisters Arts Centre was a great success with lots of good feedback, so grab your tickets for the tour while you can.
Tickets available to reserve on 01394 279613 or online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/black-white-productions
Black & White Productions in association with Bawdsey Radar Trust and supported by Victory 80 VE/VJ Grants funded by Museum Development South East (MDSE).
This VE and VJ Day commemoration project is supported using public funding by UK Government through Arts Council England
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