Gresford: Up from Underground
“But here's a wonder for you, the biggest of them all, how could our mine disaster have gone beyond recall. It's the story of injustice the world has never heard. It should have been remembered, should have been a household word.”
The Ivors Academy Award nominated opera Gresford, Up From Underground, is a dramatic retelling of the Gresford Mining Disaster - one of the worst coal mining disasters in UK history.
Commissioned in 2024 to mark 90 years since the Gresford Colliery Disaster which claimed 266 lives, the purpose of the Opera is to guarantee that the story of Gresford is never forgotten. The explosion in 1934 devastated the local community of Gresford and left emotional and physical scars on the surrounding area of Wrexham for generations.
19:30 - Friday, 27 February Tickets