North Walsham play to highlight American and Norfolk wartime links
A scene from Parachute which is coming to North Walsham. Picture: SUBMITTED - Credit: Archant
The story of an American airman during the Second World War who is welcomed by a farming family will be brought to life at a north Norfolk arts hub.
Parachute is being performed at the Atrium Theatre on Spenser Avenue, North Walsham, on Friday April 3 at 7.30pm.
It has been devised by Rob John from Norfolk-based professional theatre company fEAST, which created the sell-out Canada Boys play.
Parachutue is set in 1942 during wartime Norfolk and explores the relationship between 2nd Lt Jimmy Finch, a navigator from a B24 bomber, and members of the Cubitt family at Box Farm.
The play is funny, moving and thought-provoking and features Norfolk voices, locations and stories from the region's history.
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The Atrium Theatre, part of Arts North Norfolk, is on the grounds of North Walsham High School and tickets for Parachute cost £7 for students and under 18s and £10 for adults.
?Arts North Norfolk is also showing The hundred-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared (rated 15) tonight at 7pm.
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It will be screened at the Atrium Theatre and is based on an internationally best selling book by Jonas Jonasson about a Sweedish man who decides it is not too late to start over.
Tickets cost £6 and £5 for concessions.
To book call 01692 218060 visit www.artsnorthnorfolk.org or drop into the Arts North Norfolk base hub at No. 1 Market Place in North Walsham town centre.