Suffer Little Children – stars join Working Class Movement Library fundraiser

Debbie Manley | 2nd March 2018

Actress Maxine Peake will be supporting the Radical Readings 3 at Peel Hall, University of Salford, on Sunday 25 March at 2pm, in a fundraiser for The Working Class Movement Library.

This year’s show consists of accounts, stories and poems by and about the children who worked in our mines and factories in the 19th century.

The evening will be presented by Royston Futter with readings by Maxine, Andrew Ellis (This is England), Nico Mirallegro (Rillington Place, Common, The Village), Elle Pemberton and Molly Windsor (Three Girls) – and Mike Joyce (former drummer with The Smiths, now a successful DJ and radio presenter).

The actors have agreed to read, contributing their time and their talent to boost the library’s fundraising appeal.

Nico Mirallegro said: “The Library is an amazing place and so deserving of support. I’m very excited to be part of this event.”

Radical Readings 3 – Suffer Little Children has been devised by WCML trustee, Royston Futter who will be introducing the actors on stage.

Talking about the WCML in a recent television piece, Maxine Peake said: “It is all about learning about your history whether you are to the left or the right. If you speak to anyone who works or volunteers here, they say it’s all about fairness, freedom and the people!”

Tickets for this fundraising event are £12, and are on sale now via Eventbrite here.

For more details of the Working Class Movement Library click here.