Sutton Coldfield Musical Theatre Company

Dagenham, Essex 1967. Rita is a working mother within the car industry where women are treated and paid unfairly. She becomes drawn into an industrial dispute and finds herself taking a leading role in what will become a historic turning point for the nation. Can Rita fulfil her obligation to her colleagues and rescue her relationship with her husband and children who feel neglected by her new found focus

Made in Dagenham the Musical is based on the 2010 film of the same name which was itself based on real events of the Ford sewing machinist strike of 1968.The arena of industrial relations in 1960’s Britain is a world of conniving employers, outrageous colleagues and scheming politicians. This is all presented with moments of high comedy and drama in inventive musical numbers like “Everyone Out”, “Busy Woman”, “We Nearly Had it All” and “Stand Up”.