Everwitch Theatre needs to raise £5434 to help the last remaining York Normandy Veterans see their verbatim play, ‘Bomb Happy’, tour, as a professional production, during their lifetime- time critically this year.

The Veterans will attend each of the six Yorkshire tour venues this Autumn to meet audiences in a unique & special post show event- Meet the Veterans.

The idea for a verbatim play about the real-life experiences of five of Yorkshire’s Normandy Veterans came about through concern by the remaining members, now in their nineties, that their experiences of D-Day and battles to liberate Europe from occupation could well die with them. They were particularly concerned that, as a nation, in years to come we may forget their young comrades who never returned from France, whom they remember on 6th June each year without fail when they re-visit the beaches and battlefields.

“I haven’t seen anybody dead before and we’re in the water wading to the shore and we’re literally brushing against…. bodies rolling in the surf - people that we know…eighteen, nineteen year olds –they’re people that we know!" (extract from the script)

Everwitch Theatre have interviewed & recorded the memories of these five exceptional men (sadly one Veteran has since passed away ) to create a play that tells each young soldier’s unique story in their own words, highlighting the lifelong impact of conflict trauma on these incredible men.

Funds raised will cover:

Travel to & from 6 Yorkshire venues for the Veterans & actors
Production costs - actor fees, a specially commissioned soundtrack, technical costs, costume (battledress) & props.
Marketing & publicity: design & print of 2650 flyers & posters to promote the tour.

Audience Written Feedback (2016 rehearsed readings of ‘Bomb Happy’)
“Evocative and involving-superb!” “Thoughtful, meaningful script with a beautiful message" “A brilliant & moving insight.'' " A poignant and moving legacy to real- life war heroes."