The Machine Gunners

Opens Wednesday Feb 3rd.

Date: 3 Feb 2010 – 13 Feb 2010 Time: 7.30pm & 1.30pm (Thurs 4, Wed 10, Thurs 11 only)
Price: £12, £10conc, £7.50 Schools

The Customs House presents
Machine Gunners
By Tom Kelly and Ken Reay
Music by John Miles
Musical Director – Dave Bintley
Based on “The Machine Gunners” by Robert Westall
Director Gareth Hunter
Robert Westall’s “The Machine Gunners” was published in 1975 and won the Carnegie Medal for Children’s Literature, became a set text in schools, a million seller and a classic TV series.
The musical was first staged at the Customs House in 1998 and then spent a month at the Edinburgh Festival where it received rave reviews.
The Machine Gunners tell the story of a group of teenagers growing up in Tyneside during the Blitz.

The Crack

http://www.thecrackmagazine.com/index.php?section=2&category=12

http://www.customshouse.co.uk/theatre-details.aspx?id=294

http://www.customshouse.co.uk/news-article.aspx?id=194

The Public Review
http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-machine-gunners-the-customs-house-south-shields/< /a>http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?referral=other&refresh=7d0Ha1C90S8c&PBID=938e5831-8887-495c-a022-d5bab7513065&skip=

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/James-has-to-suffer-for.6038252.jp

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/show/The-Machine-Gunners-Customs-House.6045354.jp

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rev.htm

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http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine/category/4211
Remote Goat Review
http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/event_view.php?uid=94639
The Machine Gunners article