**** ‘THE BRITISH AT THEIR ABSOLUTE BEST. THIS WONDERFUL SHOW... IS BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED’
The Daily Telegraph

‘ ‘THIS LIVELY PLAY COLOURFULLY REVEALS THE REALITIES OF DIGGING FOR VICTORY’ ’
The Times

‘‘FUN, FUNNY, ENJOYABLE AND THOUGHT-PRO VOKING. A JOYFUL ADVENTURE OF SELF-DISCOVERY’ ’
The Londonist

‘‘A GLORIOUS PIECE OF THEATRE...LACED WITH HUMOUR, WARMTH AND LOVE’’
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About the Women's Land Army

We received 140 letters from former Land Girls in response to an article about the project in Saga Magazine. Many of these extraordinary letters contained photographs, which you can see here. View original WWII photos.

We also took plenty of photos while Lilies was being devised, both in our meetings with Land Girls, and in the studio. View photos of Lilies in development.

The headshots above show Pauline Whelch, in her Land Army days, and at one of our meetings.

Spring Tour 2011

New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich

Darlington Arts Centre

Key Theatre, Peterborough

The Theatre, Chipping Norton

Theatre Royal, Windsor

Exeter Northcott Theatre

Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford

Margate Theatre Royal

Everyman Theatre, Liverpool

Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne

Arts Theatre, Cambridge

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Lilies on the Land is a truly remarkable and sparkling piece of theatre which celebrates an extraordinary episode in Britain's history - the Women's Land Army of World War II.

These gripping but charming tales, chart the personal journeys of four women who sign up to become Land Girls, determined to work endless, backbreaking hours on farms across the country in a bid to do their best for the war effort.

But how will these women, hailing from all different walks of life, torn from their families and bereft of all basic home comforts, deal not only with the hardships of farming life and the pressures of war, but also with being outsiders in new surroundings? Maybe work clothes full of mice and toilet rolls falling from the skies are just what it takes for these girls to get along…

Based on hundreds of letters from and interviews with the original Land Girls, Lilies on the Land is a revealing, funny, wonderfully moving and utterly captivating portrait of some of Britain's pluckiest, unsung heroes. Simply unmissable, this is theatre at its most memorable.

Lilies on the land

Powerfully truthful, absolutely accessible, rich in emotion, and glowing with laughter...
- Peter Cheeseman CBE, former Artistic Director New Vic Theatre, Stoke

Magnificent and very moving - a lovely mixture of poignancy and humour.
- Joan Clifford (WLA 0101337)

...by turns funny, moving and tragic - always a compelling insight into what it was really like to be 'on the land'
- Eastbourne Today

A performance we simply didn't want to end - The Sussex Herald

Lilies on the Land is a unique theatrical tribute to the women of the 'Forgotten Army'. For two years the production toured to the heart of local communities where it was received with passion and enthusiasm by audiences of all ages. On tour it captured the hearts of audiences nationwide and played to 96% capacity audiences, was extended and managed to earn its keep without subsidy.

Our grateful thanks to the following former Land Girls and their relatives: we have been overwhelmed by their generosity in sharing with us their memories, photos, songs, poems, and even their treasured uniforms!