Make Good: The Post Office Scandal

Make Good: The Post Office Scandal

Age range: 12+

A new musical by Jeanie O’Hare (book) and Jim Fortune (music & lyrics)
Directed by Elle While.

“If we knew that this was going to happen to us, that we were going to become criminals by buying a Post Office, we would never, ever have done it.” Sub-postmaster

For twenty years Sub-Postmasters all over the UK were jailed for stealing money that never existed.

Free tickets for U25s (limited availability)* Book these idrectly with the venue.

Directly informed by conversations with affected Sub-Postmasters, Make Good dives into these most local of stories, capturing the raw emotion, the betrayals, and the collective disbelief that this could be happening to innocent people.

A new musical, three years in the making, tells the story of the resilience of the Sub-Postmasters and their families, in what is now recognised as the gravest miscarriage of justice in British history.

Can the Post Office ever make good the damage they have done?
“The musical is full of feeling. And that’s what we need to portray to people now, so that they can feel and understand what we felt, all the heartache that we went through.

The songs bring so much to the story, they’re heartfelt and there’s humour in it too, it’s funny. It made me smile as well as being touching.” Sub-postmaster

Touring Autumn 2024 – Celebrating 100 years of rural touring, and marking the 50th anniversary of leading rural theatre companies Pentabus and New Perspectives.

This show is accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences, with Audio Description integrated into every performance.

Show times

Calendar Date & Time

Thu 28 November 2024, 7.30pm

Pin Location

SpArC Theatre, Bishops Castle
SY9 5AY

South Shropshire

Phone Enquiries

01588 638038; www.sparctheatre.co.uk

Ticket Tickets

Adult: £15.00

Child: £6.00

Calendar Date & Time

Fri 29 November 2024, 8.00pm

Pin Location

The Edge Arts Centre
TF13 6NB

South Shropshire

Phone Enquiries

Enquiries 01952 728911

Ticket Tickets

Adult: £15.00

Calendar Date & Time

Sat 30 November 2024, 7.30pm

Phone Enquiries

01948 660660 / 07506 724572

Ticket Tickets

Adult: £12.00

Child: £6.00

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