Meet Tommy Atkins

Meet Tommy Atkins will be performed by Peter Gill at Beccles Public Hall on Friday 26 May at 7.30pm (doors open at 7pm).

On August 4th 1914, with the declaration of war between Britain and Germany, reservist Tommy Atkins is immediately called up to serve his country. Within weeks he sees his first action in the fields of France and subsequently experiences the full scale of life in the Western Front trenches of the First World War – the horror, the pain, the misery, the boredom and even the moments of joy.

This play written by playwright/actor/musician Peter Gill (Talbot House, The Jerry Lee Lewis Story) details, through the eyes of a simple ‘Tommy’ the reality of war for those who actually fought it. In an astonishing solo performance, ‘Meet Tommy Atkins’ takes the audience through his war – a war that saw him fight at Ypres, Passendale, Loos and on the Somme and that took him to the depths of despair but also brought him unique comradeship that he would never find again. From the beginning of the war to the end, Private Tommy Atkins was there.
This is his story.

All tickets are £10 for this production and are available from the Beccles Public Hall Box Office, open Monday – Saturday, 10am – 3pm, by telephone to 01502 770060 or on-line at www.becclespublichall.com

Tickets are also available for fabulous local Blondie tribute band, One Way or Another on Saturday 27 May, popup pianobar with Ian Sainsbury is on Friday 2 June, The Pure Floyd Show is on Saturday 10 June and 70s and 80S Summer DISCO Inferno with DJ Paul Allen is on Saturday 17 June – please support the Public Hall! Tickets for all these evens are available now!

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