Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

Telling the stories of ordinary extraordinary women (mostly) on the canals. linktr.ee/alarumproducti… Joined April 2013

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

3 months ago

We're joining the festival this weekend thanks to Harborough DC Come find us (4 shows from11.30am) iwaharborough75.org/contact-and-lo… Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first ever waterways festival, hear stories of women who worked and restored the waterways The battle to do so goes on

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

4 months ago

Delighted to return @CrickShow 2025 @CrickWharf We will be storytelling by the historic boats. 12noon to 4.30pm daily Saturday-Monday 24-26 May Bank holiday weekend Thanks for having us @CanalRiverTrust #Storytelling #theatre #canals See your there @CRTEastMidlands

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

4 months ago

Well we have a Blue Sky account! But also we are @canalcavalcade this weekend with two shows. Come find us canal side in Rembrandt Gardens 6pm both Saturday and Sunday. For landlubbers address is Warwick Ave W2 1XB waterways.org.uk/support/ways-t…

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

5 months ago

New blog post celebrating women who worked, campaigned, helped save, found romance... on the waterways #IWD2025 @IWA_UK @CanalRiverTrust @DCTtrips @heatherwastie @NB_MorningMist @JoannaMary bit.ly/4ceku1P

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

6 months ago

#internationalwomensday on the waterways #3. Sonia Rolt talks to Lorna Yorke in 2011 about her time as a trainee youtube.com/watch?v=WaNMS8…

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

6 months ago

#internationalwomensday #2 Today we're celebrating the wartime women trainees with @heatherwastie Idle Women and Judies. Created in 2015, a year later it led to starting our journey telling the stories of ordinary women doing extraordinary things! bit.ly/43ydb2t

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

6 months ago

#InternationalWomensDay So many amazing women have made the #canals what they are today, we're making a week of celebrating them. Today: Angela Rolt and Ray Aickman, there at the start of the campaigns to save the #inlandwaterways. Listen to their story bit.ly/3DqqaJ2

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

7 months ago

Thank you! Alongside the stories of #women in the #BlackCountry, you'll find three very important women who were there at the start if saving the canals: Angela Rolt, Ray Aickman and Elizabeth Jane Howard .

Fund Britain's Waterways @IWA_UK

7 months ago

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

7 months ago

We've joined the #FundBritainsWaterways campaign @IWA_UK. Looking forward to joining events.

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Heather Wastie @heatherwastie

a year ago

Looking forward to reading The Blackcountryman which this time includes an article I wrote about artistic responses to the #BlackCountry featuring canalside artworks by Luke Perry, the online resource dudleyartbc.com & a poem! @AlarumProd @SamFrankieFox @BCNSociety

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

a year ago

It was a night to remember!

Heather Wastie @heatherwastie

a year ago

It was a night to remember!

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

a year ago

And fewer by the hour!

Heather Wastie @heatherwastie

a year ago

And fewer by the hour!

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

a year ago

Gearing up for #RosesandThorns: celebrating a century of women born to the boats or drawn to the boats. With @NB_MorningMist @heatherwastie & @perriwillow #Historicboatrally @BraunstonMarina @CanalRiverTrust #Braunston #Daventry #waterways #GrandUnion bit.ly/45iD4SY

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

2 years ago

We're looking forward to it! #TitfordPumphouse is such an iconic building, the highest point on the #Birmingham #Canals. Thank you @BCNSociety for hosting and @ace_national for supporting the R&D of our lovely new show about real events a century ago.

Canal & River Trust Boating @CRTBoating

2 years ago

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

2 years ago

Friday 17th 7.30pm Titford Pump House @BCNSociety #sandwell Our new show about the impact of the 1923 Boatmen's strike on women and children. Storytelling on the canal plus Phil Clayton Q&A @CRTWestMidlands @CRTBoating @towpathtalk @BCT_Touring Tickets alarumproductions.org.uk/shop/

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

2 years ago

#NationalLottery #ThanksToYou we've worked with #NewWriters, #FirstTimePerformers & Yrs 4,5&6 @BraunstonSchool telling the stories of #Braunston1920s2020s

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

2 years ago

This Friday 17th November 7.30pm Titford Pump House hosted by Birmingham Canal Navigations Society @BCNSociety #Oldbury #Sandwell Tickets alarumproductions.org.uk £13 (£11) plus talk by Phil Clayton

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

2 years ago

We had a blast! Wonderful hospitality. @NB_MorningMist and @perriwillow were plied with cake... A very appreciative audience: “Fascinating history and so entertainingly presented” AND some great photo of the show on stage. Thank you @LHCRT1

Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust @LHCRT1

2 years ago

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Heather Wastie @heatherwastie

2 years ago

In response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, a benefit gig has been organised to raise money for Medical Aid for Palestinians. Thur Nov 2nd, 7.30pm on Zoom, pay-as-you-feel event. See poster for the list of poets taking part, each reading one poem, and how to attend.

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Alarum Productions @AlarumProd

2 years ago

100 years ago: wk10 of a 14wk strike by boatmen working for #FellowsMortonClayton Hear the story through the eyes of a boatwoman #RatsRopesandRevolution Friday Oct 27th @LHCRT1 @CRTEastMidlands #boatsthattweet Support the restoration & arts on the water! bit.ly/45EUt6S