A new ballad drama with live music and puppets telling the true story of Dora Walker, the first woman to command a fishing boat in the North Sea.
The Quiet Work comes to the Broadbent Theatre on Saturday 13 March 2027, a new ballad drama that mixes live music and puppetry to tell the true story of Dora Walker. She was a Yorkshirewoman who became the first woman to command a fishing boat in the North Sea, and the show follows her across two world wars.
When the First World War broke out, Walker bought an ambulance and steered it straight into danger. Later, when she was told to retire from the sea, she chose to master it instead. Through the mined waters and the long nights of the Second World War, with a pistol in her belt, she became the guide everyone trusted. The piece is presented as an inspiration to the current generation of people who work on or by the sea.
It's a ballad drama, so the music is as much a part of the storytelling as the puppetry. The two work together to bring Walker's life to the stage, from the ambulance runs of the first war to the North Sea patrols of the second. The production is billed under the programme Clementine.
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It runs at 7:30pm at the Broadbent Theatre in Wickenby, LN3 5AW, just outside Lincoln. Tickets start from £8.
Date
Saturday, 13 March 2027
19:30
Location
Broadbent Theatre
Price
Paid
Recommended Age
+14 years
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