Orgreave

Set in the fictitious South Yorkshire mining village of Gracethorpe, this exciting drama by Cotswold Players member John Salter, spans the 1984-5 miners’ strike and follows individuals as they navigate the appalling privations of the year-long industrial action. John was a witness to the aftermath of the so-called “battle of Orgreave” where thousands of striking miners clashed with the police.

The most violent event on British soil since the English Civil War, this was a tipping point in the strike and has altered our industrial, political and social history ever since.