Workington Town Band will collaborate with Workington Playgoers for the first time in its next production, Brassed Off, which comes off the screen and onto the stage on December 4.

Pat Brinicombe, director, said: “The Workington Playgoers have come together with Workington Town Band to stage Paul Allen’s adaptation of Mark Herman’s original film screenplay. This is the first collaboration between the two groups and it has proved to be an exciting and challenging venture. Rehearsals have been very interesting and full of fun. The two groups have worked hard to maintain focus in order to pull all the strands of the story together.”

Carrying a warning that the play contains strong language, the theatrical adaptation retains all the popular film’s rugged humour and its honesty about the realities of hardship. It also benefits from the emotional impact of local musicians playing live.

Brassed Off is based on the true story of community spirit and triumph in the face of adversity when a Yorkshire village's colliery is facing closure.

Set in the early 90s the closure, with devastating job losses paints a very bleak picture for the town and the colliery band, until flugelhorn player Gloria arrives in town and with her a renewed sense of hope and a touch of romance.

Meanwhile, veteran conductor Danny, his lungs filled with coal dust, struggles to fulfil a lifelong ambition to take the band to the National Band Championships at the Royal Albert Hall.

Brassed Off is on at the Theatre Royal, Washington Street, Workington, from December 4 to December 8 at 7.30 pm.

Tickets are available from Playgoers website http://www.theatre-royal-workington.co.uk at £11.50 and £10 concessions, or via the Box Office every Monday and Wednesday from 6.45pm to 7.30pm. Tickets will also be available on the door.