It's 1833. The newly formed London and Birmingham Railway Company choose a sleepy village half-way between the two cities as the ideal site for their brand new railway works. Almost overnight Wolverton explodes into a bustling railway new town with neat rows of red-brick houses; a town full of character and intense pride.

Funny and poignant, "A Glance From A Train" is a very different kind of show. It tells the true story of a community faced with traumatic upheaval - including two World Wars. And just when they think that the battle has been won, the world turns on it's head and nobody wants their hard won skills any more!

 Brad Bradstock & Eric Thompson
t's a story that mirrors similar struggles in any number of villages all over the country. But this isn't any village - this is Wolverton, now itself part of Milton Keynes, an even bigger new town! Brad Bradstock is best known for his Hawtin's Tales which won him critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and national recognition as a winner of a Sony International Radio Award.
 


A Glance From A Train is a tale worth telling

Evocative Songs

Colourful real-life characters

Based on authentic primary source material

   Eric Thompson is a well respected member of Stantonbury Campus Theatre Company the established home of documentary drama in Milton Keynes. He has taken leading roles in more than sixty different productions including Tony Harrison's The Mysteries, David Edgar's Nicholas Nickleby, and numerous Shakespeare, most recently The Tempest. He is noted for his work in musical documentary theatre and has studied at The Drama Studio in London
Off The Rails Productions are extremely grateful to Living Archive for their help and encouragement and to Commission for the New Towns for financial assistance.
We would also like to express our sincere thanks to Kevin Adams, Paul Clark, John Close and 'J' Cunningham for the opportunity to work with such a fine collection of songs.

Much of the documentary material used in A Glance from a Train, is now stored at Living Archive, Wolverton, and some of it is available in the form of books, tapes and videos.

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    For bookings email Brad here