Liz Copper's play about a skilled decorator in a Stoke-on-Trent pottery who faces upheaval when new management threatens the factory's future.
Liz Copper brings her play BackStamp to Stoke Rep Theatre on Friday 30 October, running from 8:00pm to 10:30pm. It's a piece that hits close to home for anyone who knows the city's history, set in a Stoke-on-Trent pottery works back in 1997.
The story centres on Tricia, a skilled decorator who finds herself caught between two worlds. At work, new management is moving in and threatening the factory's future; at home, things are just as unsettled. She's left with a choice that feels like the whole point of the play: stay loyal to the colleagues she's worked alongside for years, or take a chance on a fresh start. It's a small, personal story that opens up to something bigger, and it's built around humour, friendship and resilience.
There's a local connection here that goes beyond the setting. BackStamp was commended in The Stoke Rep Theatre Malcolm Rushton Prize For Playwriting, so it's a play that comes from within the city's own theatre community. It's described as a celebration of the people behind a proud local industry, and seeing it staged at the Rep, in the heart of the city it's about, gives it a bit more weight than if it were playing anywhere else.
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It runs on Friday 30 October, 8:00pm to 10:30pm, at Stoke Rep Theatre, Leek Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 2TR. Tickets are £5.
