This Fri 12-Sun 14 July we're delighted to welcome Red Ladder & Unite the union: join a union for 'We're Not Going Back' written by Boff Whalley - on the 40th anniversary of the Miners' strike this hard hitting musical comedy follows the fortunes of 3 sisters & their resilience...all with

Can’t say how much I love these incredible women and how they’ve made this show so powerfully, viscerally, tear-jerkingly important and relevant.

Running off to the Lake District to run up some hills isn’t so much escapism as recharging batteries. It’s been a pretty rubbish couple of months and this is what I needed: getting soaked up in the clouds, no summit views, just landscape and waterfalls and sloppy tracks.

Irony, noun: the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs says “I am shocked by the shooting at the 45th President of the U.S. Donald Trump. Violence can never ever be part of politics.”

Joe Biden walks into a pub and sees Donald Trump standing at the bar. “D’you want a drink, Donald?” He says. Trump replies, “No thanks - I’ve got one ‘ere.”

We're dead proud of this line-up. Book now! #RedLadderLocal redladder.co.uk/whats-on/curre…

Made the mistake of reading the news before heading out for a run. Which means a chunk of anger & despair about unfair government legislation and genocidal attacks filling up headspace until, gradually, the endorphins and birdsong begin to put their case for a beautiful morning.

You lied Angela Rayner

“Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people take and people are as free as they want to be. One hasn’t got to have an enormous military machine in order to be un-free when it’s simpler to be asleep, when it’s simpler to be apathetic…”

🚨 HUGE NEWS: Campaigners & protestors in the UK are to finally "get their country back." 👇🏻 Join #BrokenNews for the exciting details!

Blackbeard's Tea Party Kit Bailey joan crump Boff Whalley Please get sharing and ordering! tshirtme.co.uk/product-page/f…

This article raises some much needed questions of the criminal justice system. Especially considering a former chief of police and counter-terrorism expert has compared these acts of violent disorder as a “modern day lynching…”

Five Years (For Telling the Truth) A song in support of the Whole Truth Five youtu.be/OS4i-A61WBg?si…

Written by Boff Whalley & Sarah Woods we are looking forward to welcoming Red Ladder & redladder.co.uk/whatson/sanctu… to St Mathews Church Burnley. Do get in touch if you'd like to come. #Sanctuaryreally

On the blog: #Sanctuary co-creator Boff Whalley on the power of musicals & why this story needs to be told. 📸 Robling Photography redladder.co.uk/boff-whalley-c…

Really good piece by Yvette Huddleston talking to Boff Whalley & Sarah Woods about their new musical Sanctuary for Red Ladder theatre leading the way in taking on important issues tinyurl.com/y3mtr64y

"In our society, there seems a general rule that, the more obviously one's work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it." strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | SOCCER VS. THE STATE by Gabriel Kuhn (foreword by Boff Whalley) Timely reminder of the ways football was, and still can be, a radical arena - full of solidarity and resistance, unchained from the shackles of big business. PM Press 🛒 stanchionbooks.com/products/socce…

You asked. We listened. 'We're Not Going Back' original soundtrack is now available to stream 🎶 Music & lyrics Boff Whalley & beccy owen Performed by Victoria Brazier Claire-Marie Seddon/O’Connor beccy owen & Stacey Sampson Enjoy!