Whittingham Asylum, 1918 ~ Who is ‘mad’ and who is ‘sane’ when war comes to call?

Whittingham Lives Association presents the story of the Whittingham Asylum, near Preston, which received over 1,000 shell-shocked soldiers returning from World War I, as well conscientious objectors and those already resident there, deemed ‘insane’ and how it was left to women of the area to deal with a hospital system at breaking point with men now dying not from gunfire but disease….

In the run up to the 100th anniversary of the Armistice ending World War I it is fitting that Whittingham Lives Association is bringing Whittingham 1918 to the stage.  Set in Whittingham Asylum, near Preston it deals with the effects of war on the shell-shocked men who returned from the fronts as well as the support given to them by the local women.

To ensure your place at the free show of Whittingham 1918 on Tuesday 30th October, you must reserve tickets at the Casatheatre.co.uk.

Please note that tickets are going fast, and this show will sell out.