At the outbreak of war in 1914, the 700 strong local battalion from Accrington, Lancashire marched off optimistically in response to Lord Kitchener's call – Your Country Needs YOU!
Peter Whelan's powerful and poignant play is set in the early years of the First World War, as the country's jingoistic optimism starts to wane and the true terror of warfare gradually becomes clear.
The Accrington Pals portrayed the devastating effects of war on a typical Lancashire mill town, and the highs and lows of everyday people at home and on the front line.
