MERL Science Week: Performing Protest: Riots Against Technological Change in the C19th

• Performing Protest: Riots Against Technological Change in the 19th Century • Join us at MERL for an immersive theatrical performance to find out what happened during the Swing Riots in 1831. Meet the characters who bore witness during this tumultuous period, hear their stories and see what it was like to live and work in the countryside. Meet William Winterborn accused of being the illusive ‘Captain Swing’, choose whether to support him or the landowners who were trying to protect their new machinery. We will explore the causes, events and aftermath of the Swing Riots both locally and nationally. • Saturday, 22nd March (11.30 – 12.30 repeated at 14.30 – 15.30)

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000391?id=EVENT461260