“With your plays, it’s not just about the football and the Steel Strike,
it’s all about us. It’s about our lives, how we live”.
Kay and Tom, Drake the Bookshop signing.
“If you want to know what life was like for an ordinary
working-class family on Tees-side, during the steel strike of 1980,
you can do no better than buy Nowt Like This in America, a superb
Community Play written by Alan Spence. Thoughtful, funny,
emotionally powerful, it follows the
fortunes of one family, the personal being framed by the political.
As an added bonus, the script is contextualised by both background
material on the author and the period (heartfelt and honest) as well
as production notes".
Brian McAvera, Playwright and Art Critic.
"For many of a certain age, especially those in the North East, will
remember the start of the 1980’s was not a joyous occasion you’d
normally associate with the New Year. Instead, British Steel workers
were forced to go on strike to fight for a decent wage.
Behind the headlines in newspapers and on the TV many forget that there
were families and communities trying to survive".
"Many people, from many industries that suffered back then, not just
those in the steel industry will relate to the characters and story of a
ordinary family trying to get by. Nowt Like This in America is not just
a brilliant read
but a record of the times. One
which perfectly captures the anger, dismay, humour and resilience of
the area and its people. If you’re interested in the history of the
class struggle and “Thatcher’s Britain”
and the effects on ordinary hard working people, then this is a must
read.
Francesca Hansen. Actor and Businesswoman.
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