- Accompanied by local choirs, Make Good plays SpArc Bishops Castle, The Edge, Much Wenlock, Talbot Theatre Whitchurch, and Thimblemill Library, W Mids.
Make Good is on a 25-venue national tour until the 1st of December, accompanied by local choirs, and raising money for the Horizon Scandal Fund for affected sub-postmasters.
Make Good enters its last week with final performances in Shropshire, Herefordshire, and the West Midlands.
A new musical over three years in the making, telling the story of the astonishing resilience of communities at the heart of a scandal that isn’t over yet, and which has been widely recognised as one of the gravest miscarriages of justice in British history. Make Good is on a 25-venue national tour funtil 1st December, including dates in village halls just like the one where the fightback against the Post Office and Fujitsu started.
Final dates and accompanying choirs:
Thursday 28 November | 7.30pm | SpArc, Bishops Castle |
Accompanied by local choir Love to Sing.
Friday 29 November | 8pm | The Edge, Much Wenlock |
Accompanied by local choir Key Change Choir
Saturday 30 November | 7.30pm | Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch |
Accompanied by local choir Morning Sun Singers
Sunday 1 December | 7pm | Thimblemill Library | West Midlands
Accompanied by local choir Birmingham Clarion Choir
Commenting on their Thurs 28th November performance at SpArc, Bishop’s Castle, Love to Sing said, “We absolutely love performing live and feel privileged to be part of this amazing venture. We are very much looking forward to being part of your musical for the night and helping to spread this very important story. “
Raising Money for the Horizon Scandal Fund.
Pentabus & New Perspectives are charities and cannot survive without the generous support of our audiences and patrons. This year, as we tour Make Good, we are sharing our donations with the Horizon Scandal Fund. At every performance, a member of the cast will ask the audience to support the vital work of both charities.
50% will be gifted to the Horizon Scandal Fund. Donate here.
Make Good
Over twenty years a silent tragedy has unfolded in the heart of our communities. Innocent sub-postmasters had their lives torn apart and faced bankruptcy, isolation, and jail for crimes that were never committed, for debts that never existed.
Directly informed by conversations with affected sub-postmasters, Make Good dives into this most local of stories, capturing the raw emotions, the bewilderment and the unbreakable bond of faith and family that were put to the test.
Make Good, three years in the making, tells the story of the Post Office Scandal, now recognised as one of the gravest miscarriages of justice in British history. With book by Jeanie O’Hare (Queen Margaret, Royal Exchange) and music and lyrics by Olivier-nominee Jim Fortune (The Odyssey, Hex, NT).
“If we knew that this was going to happen to us, that we were going to become criminals by buying a Post Office, we would never, ever have done it. They are the criminals. Behind closed doors they have secretly been doing this to us. This show opens up those doors and in doing so, it tells the story that the nation needs to hear. The story of what really happened to us and other post-masters and post-mistresses.” Sub-postmaster Rubbina Shaheen
Selected press:
The Revue, 5 stars “a beautifully moving piece with a bright and electric future.”
A Youngish Perspective, 5 stars, “Fortune and O’Hare have truly created a masterpiece.”
West End With Me, 5 stars, “Beautifully portrayed.”
Breaking the Fourth Wall, 4.5 stars, “nuanced and heartbreaking.”
Theatre & Tonic, 4 stars, “a seamless blend of storytelling and comedy.”
Beyond the Curtain, 4 stars, “captivating.”
Small House Big Trips, 4 stars, “a moving new musical.”