Gresford: Up From Underground | School's Performance
Fri, Sep 20
|St Giles' Church, Wrexham
A performance of a new community opera - Gresford: Up From Underground - allowing school children to learn about Gresford and its legacy in an engaging and immersive setting
Time & Location
Sep 20, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
St Giles' Church, Wrexham, St Giles Church, Wrexham LL13 7AA, UK
About the Event
We're inviting school children to come and see our brand-new Community Opera - Gresford: Up From Underground. Providing youngsters with the chance to engage with the story of Gresford and to ensure the contuniation of its legacy. If you're school would like to attend, please send us a message here on our contact form and we will get back to you asap.
On Sunday 22nd September 2024, 90 years will have passed since the fateful disaster at the Gresford Colliery, one of the worst mining disasters in British history. The disaster holds a resonance and significance to this day, not just for the people of Wrexham, but for former mining communities across Wales and throughout the UK. However, in its 90th anniversary year, living memory of the disaster will soon be committed to history.
The themes of loss, social injustice, and powerlessness, as well as those of triumph over adversity…