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Canterbury “Brassed Off”

Canterbury Brass is currently appearing as Grimley Colliery Band in the Christchurch Repertory Company’s production of “Brassed Off”.

Shane Foster and Steve Yearbury
 

With five shows now completed the Repertory Company are thrilled with the audiences attending.

Due to stage constraints only a small band can appear each night but everyone is relishing the opportunity to appear as “Grimley Colliery”.

Members of the band, such as Todd Turner in a role of a miner, also appear as extras during the play although, perhaps thankfully, the real actors have all the speaking parts.

Pictured here are Shane Foster and Steve Yearbury work hard in the gallop from William Tell.

The show runs from the 5th to the 16th March.

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