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Lifeboat

Lifeboat is the extraordinary true story of Bess Walder and Beth Cummings. Set in World War II, it is a story of courage, a story of survival and a story of enduring friendship. Read more …

On Friday 13 September 1940, a ship, The City of Benares, set sail from Liverpool for Canada. On board were 90 evacuees escaping the relentless bombing and dangers of war torn Britain. Four days into the crossing, the ship was torpedoed and sank. Only eleven of the evacuees survived.

Two fifteen year old girls, Bess Walder and Beth Cummings, spent 19 terrifying hours in the water on an upturned lifeboat. They willed each other to survive. Lifeboat tells their story.

More information on this production is available at www.catherinewheels.co.uk.

The critical consensus

Lifeboat is a fine tribute gives a strong message about hanging on and not giving up in spite of life’s storms.

****(*)Irene Brown, Edinburgh Guide, 30/09/2013

Where and when?

On Tour, from Friday September 27, 2013, until Sunday November 17, 2013.

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