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40 years later, their bravery lives on.
On Saturday 19 December 1981, the Penlee lifeboat ‘Solomon Browne’, was launched in hurricane conditions to go to the aid of the coaster ‘Union Star’ which was being swept towards the southern coast of Cornwall. What followed ranks not only with the greatest acts of courage in the history of the RNLI, but with any human achievement.
Marking 40 years since the rescue, Into the Night is a unique theatrical experience.
Written by screenwriter and playwright Frazer Flintham, adapted from Penlee RNLI volunteer and author Michael Sagar-Fenton’s 1991 book, Penlee, directed by Alastair Whatley and produced by the team behind Birdsong Online and Apollo 13, Into the Night promises to be an unforgettable evening, as people from all over the world are invited to join with a live audience to remember the courage, dedication and heroism of the Penlee lifeboat crew.
The cast includes Hubert Burton (The Inheritance), Tom Chambers (Father Brown, Holby City, Apollo 13: The Dark Side of The Moon), Cornish actor Robert Duncan (Drop The Dead Donkey, Casualty, Twelve Angry Men), Madeleine Knight (Poldark), Robert Mountford (The Habit of Art), Cornish actor Susan Penhaligon (The Mousetrap, A Fine Romance, Emmerdale), Hazel Simmons and Tim Treloar (Birdsong, The Haunting of Alice Bowles, Bombshell).
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Thu 23rd Mar, 2023 — Fri 24th Mar, 2023
The Acorn, Penzance
£ — £
Fri 24th Mar, 2023
Hall for Cornwall, Truro
£15 — £34
Book NowSat 25th Mar, 2023
Launceston Town Hall, Launceston
£22.50 — £22.50
Sat 25th Mar, 2023
The Keay Theatre, St Austell
£16 — £16
Book NowThu 10th Nov, 2022 — Fri 31st Mar, 2023
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Sat 8th Apr, 2023
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£5 — £8
Book NowMon 24th Oct, 2022 — Tue 24th Oct, 2023
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