Bill Nighy occupying a factory in 1976? The revolution WILL be dramatized.
Bill Nighy, Pete Postlewaite and (briefly) Julie Walters, then all of the Everyman Theatre Company, feature in this potent reportage/dramatisation hybrid about the occupation of the Fisher-Bendix Factory in Kirkby. Dohany uses a variety of imaginative techniques to explore the longstanding dispute, and a pronounced sense of urgency pervades this act of solidarity.
Acting
Young Bill Nighy before he became your mum's crush.
Direction
Dohany's hybrid style makes reportage feel like live theatre.
Director
Gael Dohany
Janet Amsden
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Christopher Blake
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Pip Donaghy
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Geoffrey Durham
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Matthew Kelly
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Bill Nighy
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
David Peart
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Pete Postlethwaite
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Robert Putt
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Nick Stringer
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Julie Walters
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Tony Wilson
Self - Granada Reports (archive footage)(uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Everyman Theatre Company was Liverpool's radical heartbeat — this film captures them at peak 'art for the workers' militancy.
Julie Walters appears so briefly she basically blinks and misses herself — spot her if you can.
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