WOMEN IN WAR at Camden People’s Theatre

"Buckle up! And hold on to what you can. This ride is gonna’ get bumpy, but them Blessie’s need us.” The Red Cross Nurse carries our soldiers out of sickness, out of darkness, back to the light of good health. During WW1, over 38,000 women and men worked as nurses and ambulance drivers. This is their story. For Lottie, it was her first day as a volunteer nurse. As she stood on the muddy courtyard outside the make-shift hospital a few miles from the frontline, her stomach sunk. Over the course of a few days, we see a small glimpse of what life was like as she works with Lady Dorothy Feilding, Miss Knocker, Miss Chisholm of the famous Munro Flying Ambulance Corps under the strict and stern watchful eye of the ward sister. As friendships grow and love blossoms, tragedy suddenly strikes, bringing them closer together in their fight to survive. First performed as part of a community heritage project supported by the HLF, Women in War was hailed as “An inspirational, beautifully well-written play which captures the work of our nurses on the front line. A must-see watch!" This new production is brought to you by Robin McManus and written and directed by Alfie James.