“With fantastic performances from Sam Willison and Megan McGuire” BroadwayBaby
When her brother signs up for the front lines of World War 1, Jean looks for a way to bring him home. At her local book club, there is a talk about spy work to help injured soldiers escape across the Channel and Jean seizes her chance. She signs up with her her friend Eve, going through an exhausting training regime, before being sent to France to extract information from the German soldiers. But Eve’s husband wants to know where she keeps going and Jean is too deep undercover to get away from the soldiers.
Exploring the role of women in the front lines of World War 1, Keep The Home Fires is a tense tale of intrigue against the backdrop of one of the most terrible times in history.
Keep The Home Fires premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2015
Jean: Megan McGuire
Eve: Catherine Barr
Edith: Emilia Mordal
Frank/Russell: Conor Hinds
Hans/George: Sam Willison
Jack: Stephen Redwood
Wardrobe: Amy Shearer
Produced By: Ellana Moseley for Crimson Phoenix
Keep The Home Fires was first performed at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland as a work-in-progress performance in February 2014 with the following Cast and Creative Team:
Jean: Isabella Reeder
Eve: Mariah Parris
Frank: Conor Hinds
Lucas: Julian Capolei
Hans: Peter Hughes
Officer: Stephen Redwood
Director: Isabella Reeder
Lighting Designer: Ryan Greenfield
Sound Designer: Hannah Allen
Set Designer: Margaret McInnes
Costume Designer: Catherine McLauchlan
Wardrobe: Amy Shearer
Show Type: Musical
Set: Multiple Locations
Cast: 3f, 4m
Band: Violin (2), Viola, ‘Cello, Double Bass, Flute, Trumpet, Piano-Conductor
Length: Approx. 1 hr 45 mins (no interval)
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