Meet Tommy Atkins

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Tickets

£13

Location

The Acorn, Penzance | View on Google Maps

Dates

Sun 12th May, 2024
7:30 pm

About this event

A journey through the WW1 experience of 'Tommy' - and what followed

‘Meet Tommy Atkins’ takes the audience through not just Tommy’s war, but also his life back home in Britain post-war. We learn of his experiences in the trenches – fighting on the Somme, at Passchendaele and Loos; and also of the boredom, the loss and indeed the comradeship. Returning to Britain, Tommy shows us how a generation of returning men were maltreated but how ultimately it was his generation that forced through the foundations of the Welfare State.

From the beginning of the Great War to the end of the Second, Private Tommy Atkins was there.

This is his story.

‘Compelling, moving, insightful and believable….beautifully written and performed’ – Stage Talk Magazine

Contact

01736363545 | https://www.theacornpenzance.com/events/meet-tommy-atkins-2