John Godber’s epic play Shafted traces the lives of ex-miner Harry and his wife Dot in the 30 years after the 1984 miners’ strike and will be performed by Rotherham Rep at Rotherham Civic Theatre from 17th to 22nd September. It is a two-handed play with strong links to the mining communities of Yorkshire.
The strike is over and the pits are shut. Suddenly, Harry and Dot are thrown together with new battles to fight, and new jobs to hold down – from window cleaning in Wakefield to running a boarding house in Bridlington. Life will never be the same again.
Fuelled with eye-watering honesty and true Yorkshire grit, a hilarious account of those whose jobs were taken and communities destroyed. And how they fought back after being shafted!
Rotherham Rep has been performing in Rotherham for 96 years and has an excellent reputation for high quality productions.