CANAL BOAT thespians Mikron Theatre Company are taking to local waterways again with a brand new play paying tribute to the pioneering women of the British police force.
With a handbag, whistle and a key to the Police Box, WPC Iris Armstrong is ready for whatever the mean streets of a 1950s market town throws at her.
Fresh from police training school, she prepares for her first day on the beat. The reality is very different. Stuck at the station, she soon finds her main jobs are typing and making brews.
Iris joins forces with fellow ‘girl in blue’ WPC Ruby Roberts.
They’re an unlikely partnership.
A two-girl department, called to any case involving women and children, from troublesome teens to fraudulent fortune tellers.
Playwright Amanda Whittington said: “I’m delighted to be back at Mikron in their 51st year with A Force to be Reckoned With.
“The play takes a light-hearted look at the lives of women police constables in the 1950s, celebrating their spirit, optimism and heroic efforts to break the glass ceiling without a truncheon.”
It will be performed at waterside venues across the county, including The Weighbridge at Alvechurch Marina on Wednesday, August 23 at 7.30pm (no tickets, pay what you feel), Bishampton village hall, Bishampton, Pershore, on Saturday, August 26 at 12.30pm, tickets £13 in advance, £15 on the door, and Camp House Inn, Grimley, near Worcester, WR2 6LX on Tuesday, August 29 at 7pm, (no tickets, pay what you feel).
