11 Feb - 9 Apr 11

Polka Theatre presents

Tickets: 020 8543 4888 / www.polkatheatre.com 9-13years

Based on the novel by Robert Westall

Adapted by Ali Taylor

MACHINEGUNNERS

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Please note that children under 9 will not be admitted

Registered charity (no. 256979) Image: © Clayton Bastiani/Trevillion Images Design: Eureka! www.eureka.co.uk Print: PPS Fine Print

Polka Theatre, 240 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London SW19 1SB

Amidst the bombs and air raids, Chas and his friends plan their own war effort in their newly built bunker. Friendships are forged and loyalties are tested, in the adventure of a lifetime…

The Machine Gunners won the Carnegie Medal and was recently voted one of the 10 most important children’s novels of the past 70 years. This moving and touching story vividly re-creates life in Britain during World War II, and is guaranteed to resonate with children and adults today.

Tickets: Weekends £12

Weekdays £10

Polka Priority £10/£8

Schools £8

Concessions £8

Previews £6

It’s 1940, and Britain is at war. Young Chas McGill

has the second best collection of war souvenirs

in town but desperately wants it to be the best.

One day, he stumbles across a shot-down German

bomber and snatches the ultimate souvenir to add

to his collection: a machine gun.

MACHINEGUNNERS

THE

The Machine Gunners is being staged in collaboration with Once Upon a Wartime: Classic war stories for children, a new exhibition at Imperial War Museum London, opening in February 2011.

The Machine Gunners Workshop Wed 23 Feb • 10.30am - 3.30pm • 9 -13 yrsBecome an evacuee for a day in this drama-based workshop inspired by The Machine Gunners and discover what life would have been like during World War II. £25

Main TheatreRunning Time: TBC

Performance Diary

Diary Key Schools Performance

Preview Performance

After-Show Talk

BSL Interpreted Performance

FebruaryFr 11 Sa 12 2.00 / 5.30 Tu 15

We 16

Th 17

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Sa 19 2.00 / 5.30Tu 22 2.30We 23 11.00 / 2.30Th 24 2.30 Fr 25 11.00 / 2.30Sa 26 2.30

MarchTu 1

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Sa 5 2.00 / 5.30 Tu 8

We 9

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Sa 12 2.00 / 5.30Tu 15

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Sa 19 2.00 / 5.30Tu 22

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Sa 26 2.00 / 5.30Tu 29

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AprilFr 1

Sa 2 2.00 / 5.30Tu 5

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