Cobham Heritage Day 2014 - Evening Entertainment

The Cobham Conservation and Heritage Trust is pleased to present 'Lifeboat'.

This evening performance will be performed by the Cobham Players and is a special one act play set in 1940.

Lifeboat is the true story of Bess Walder and Beth Cummings aged 14 and 15 at the time, evacuees on board the City of Benares, which was sunk by a German U Boat as it crossed the Atlantic to take children to a new safe home away from the wartime hostilities.

In an extraordinary story of survival and enduring friendship, LDF Best Actress winners Samantha Myers and Millie Hart play 12 roles.

Directed by Rodney Pearson, it incorporates music and song from the era.

After the interval Michael Rodd, formerly of BBC's Tomorrow's World, will chair a discussion, on stage, about the Play and the relocation of children to America, with Director Rodney Pearson, the Cast and a Cobham Resident who at the age of 10 travelled on a sister ship to the Benares at the same time, spending four years in America away from his family, and returning to the UK in a small aircraft carrier in 1944.

This special one night performance will take place on Saturday 13th September 2014 at 7pm for a 7:30pm start. For more details and how to get your tickets, please see the leaflet below.

Cobham Heritage Day 2014 Programme

Cobham Heritage Day is approaching fast and you can find out more about the day and the special events and activities planned.

Heritage Day is a family fun day which is free to enter and occupies Cobham Church Street, St Andrews Church and Church Yard, Church Gate House Gardens and the Leg O'Mutton Field.

The main event starts at 11am and concludes with the Cobham Duck Race on the River Mole which is kindly sponsored by Knight Frank Estate Agents. The Duck Race begins at 4pm and 8000 yellow plastic ducks are launched at the Cobham Mill weir and the first 28 ducks to reach the finish line at Riverhill opposite the Wildwood Old Bear Pub all receive a prize. The first prize being £250.

As with previous years, all day parking is available for just 50p on the Leg O'Mutton Field.

In the evening we have arranged a special performance of "Lifeboat" by the Cobham Players. Click here for more details of the evening and how you can get your tickets.

Click on the programme below to download the full programme and a map showing some of the activities happening on the day.