The Pitmen Painters

The committee is pleased to announce that the Club will be producing The Pitmen Painters by Lee Hall at The Warehouse Theatre on Wednesday 16 to Saturday 19 February 2022. 

The Pitmen Painters is based on a true story. "In 1934, a group of Ashington miners and a dental mechanic hired a professor from Newcastle University to teach an Art Appreciation evening class.  Unable to understand each other, they embarked on one of the most unusual experiments in British art as the pitmen learned to become painters.  Within a few years the most avant-garde artists became their friends, their work was taken for prestigious collections and they were celebrated throughout the British art world; but every day they worked, as before, down the mine."

Cast List:

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George Brown - Chris Walker

Oliver Kilbourn - Ashley Hurst

Jimmy Floyd - Pete Hutton

Young Lad - Jaydon Wheeler

Harry Wilson - Bob Mears

Robert Lyon - Simon Raynes

Helen Sutherland - Lotte Norris

Ben Nicholson - Tony King

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TUESDAY CLUB NIGHT

Our Tuesday club nights are for adult members old and new, they are a chance to learn new skills and meet new people.  Every Tuesday at 7.30pm. 

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Tuesday 30 November - Director's Workshop for new and existing directors

Tuesday 07 December - Christmas Social

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Donations

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