Our documentary charts the Library Theatre Company’s progress in 2011 as they put on one of the most adventurous productions ever staged in their 59 year history. The first in a special series of events set outside conventional theatre spaces, Hard Times was produced in an original disused cotton mill and was put together by a team of over 120 people and partner organisations.
Watch the team as the production is put together and rehearsed and hear about the challenges of creating theatre for a modern day audience in a building that has been empty for decades! Featuring excerpts from the show as well as rehearsals and narration by the director, designer, actors, Community Company and more.
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Hard Times is Charles Dickens’ novel of the industrial North West, a dramatic story of remarkable events in a 19th century mill town.
For Hard Times, the Library Theatre Company acknowledges the support of Arts Council England, the European Regional Development Fund, and Modern History.