BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181028T010000 RDATE:20190331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191027T010000 RDATE:20200329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201025T010000 RDATE:20210328T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211031T010000 RDATE:20220327T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221030T010000 RDATE:20230326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T010000 RDATE:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T010000 RDATE:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 RDATE:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180402T193000 RDATE:20181028T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190331T020000 RDATE:20191027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200329T020000 RDATE:20201025T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210328T020000 RDATE:20211031T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220327T020000 RDATE:20221030T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T020000 RDATE:20231029T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 RDATE:20241027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 RDATE:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:70fd5c9db9bb9161f5012a44ecee779d CATEGORIES:Concert / Performance CREATED:20190328T110202 SUMMARY:‘Rouse, Ye Women!’ - a folk ballad retelling the story of Mary Macarthur and the women chainmakers’ strike @ The Old Firestation DESCRIPTION:ROUSE YE WOMEN, a new folk opera by Neil Gore with original songs by John K irkpatrick and directed by Louise Townsend.\nThe stirring production and so ngs reveal the inspirational story of the women chainmakers of Cradley Heat h and the fight against sweated labour. In 1910, they began a successful t en-week strike, led by the charismatic union organiser and campaigner Mary Macarthur, to more than double their earnings and establish the principle o f a national minimum wage.\n\n★★★★★ 'Magic' - Peter Yates, LONDON THEATRE1 \n★★★★★ 'If you get a chance, go and see this. In fact, go twice. Take fri ends, family and random strangers’ - Lynne Walsh, MORNING STAR\n \nAPR 2 - 7.30PM - OLD FIRE STATION OXFORD APR 3 - 7.30PM - OLD FIRE STATION OXFORD T ICKET LINK https://oldfirestation.org.uk/whats-on/rouse-ye-women/For furthe r information www.townsendproductions.org.uk and preview video (https://youtu.be/dt4OFCgzzIU) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
ROUSE YE WOMEN, a new folk opera by Neil Gore with original songs by Joh
n Kirkpatrick and directed by Louise Townsend.
The stirring production
and songs reveal the inspirational story of the women chainmakers of Cradl
ey Heath and the fight against sweated labour. In 1910, they began a succe
ssful ten-week strike, led by the charismatic union organiser and campaigne
r Mary Macarthur, to more than double their earnings and establish the prin
ciple of a national minimum wage.
★★★★★ 'Magic' - Peter Yates,
LONDON THEATRE1
★★★★★ 'If you get a chance, go and see this. In fact,
go twice. Take friends, family and random strangers’ - Lynne Walsh, MORNIN
G STAR