A play about Hitler’s rise to power, first performed in 1938, is to be staged again, at the Lantern Theatre in Liverpool. The play is being staged by the Dingle Community Theatre.

Fear and Misery of the Third Reich by German writer Bertold Brecht was written as a protest against what was happening in the playwright’s homeland as the Nazi Party strengthened its grip on the country in the years leading up to the Second World War.

The action charts with brutal honesty the growing tyranny of Hitler’s rule and the chilling effects his policies had on ordinary people. It all sounds like serious stuff, but as those who are familiar with Brecht’s work can tell you, humour is often used to expose and highlight human foibles and to attack corruption.

The play runs at the Lantern Theatre in Liverpool on the 7^th, 8^th & 9^th May, before going to the Salford Arts Theatre on Sat 11^thMay, and Melrose Hall, Hoylake on the 17^th May. All tickets are priced at £6 with concessions available at £5.

Tickets for The Lantern Theatre are available by calling 0151 7030000. Performances start at 7.30pm.