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Calling Barnsley book launch

  • 07/11/2025
  • 19:30:00 - 00:00:00
  • Barnsley Civic, 46 Eldon Street, Barnsley, S70 2JL
  • £15

Join local theatre company LUNG to celebrate the  launch of Calling Barnsley – a collection of monologues, adapted from interviews of people across the borough.

‘Thatcher’s dead. What do we do now?’

In Barnsley town, emergency services stand on a bridge – trying to convince a stranger not to jump. At a sports hall in Penistone, a pair of sumo wrestlers prepare to charge. Up Goldthorpe way, an effigy of Maggie Thatcher is paraded down the high street waiting to be set alight.

In a town where every street has a story, we invite you to lift the receiver and listen to the real, untold stories that pulse beneath the surface. This is more than a call. This is a conversation. This is Barnsley, speaking for itself – past, present, and future.

Ticket holders will be treated to a live performance of these electric stories, an exclusive Q&A with the project creators and a free, signed copy of the book.

Commissioned by Storying Barnsley, in partnership with Barnsley College and Barnsley Civic. 

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