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9-13 years |
It's 1940, and Britain is at war. Young Chas McGill has the second best collection of war souvenirs in town but desperately wants it to be the best. Admidst the bombs and air raids, Chas and his friends plan their own war effort in their newly built bunker. Friendships are forged and loyalties tested, in the adventure of a lifetime...
The Machine Gunners won the Carnegie Medal and was recently voted one of the 10 most important children’s novels of the past 70 years. This moving and touching story vividly re-creates life in Britain during World War II, and is guaranteed to resonate with children and adults today.
Polka Theatre presents The Machine Gunners
Based on the novel by Robert Westall
Adapted by Ali Taylor
The Machine Gunners is being staged in collaboration with Once Upon a Wartime: Classic war stories for children, a new exhibition at Imperial War Museum London, opening in February 2011.
