As they continue their journey in celebration of the centenary of The Great Suffrage Pilgrimage, Dreadnought South West Association will be performing free Episodes from a new play in Plymouth city centre’s Piazza at 4pm on Thursday 27 June 2013. The play, Oxygen, looks at how women’s rights have changed in the last 100 years, how protest has changed and seeks to examine if there has been any...
A new play by Natalie McGrath celebrating the centenary of The Great 1913 Suffrage Pilgrimage, which saw thousands of women march across Britain to Hyde Park. The play looks at how women’s rights have changed in the last 100 years, how protest has changed and seeks to examine if there has been any realistic shift in power to ensure that women’s voices are heard in society. Oxygen will be performed at many of the stopping places along the original South West route from Land’s End to London. For more information see www.dreadnoughtsouthwest.org.uk
Members of the UK Youth Parliament (MYPs) in the South West are celebrating an award of £20,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The grant will be used to create an archive of films and recordings about people in the history of the South West who have campaigned for change in their communities and politics.
Young people aged 11 to 18 from Plymouth will be looking at Somerset...
