Laurie Lee's classic tale 'Cider With Rosie' draws upon the innocence of rural Cotswold life and the stage adaptation by James Roose-Evans is being performed in the county this spring.

The play evokes the innocence of Cotswold life

Gloscat HND Performing Arts students are staging Lee's classic rites-of-passage story as part of their Gloucestershire County Tour.

The play, which is based in Stroud's Slad valley, is a true story about the life of the late Laurie Lee.

In the story, Lee recalls his childhood memories, thoughts, feelings and family life.

The stage adaptation uses storytelling and poetic language coupled with minimal staging, to evoke the pastoral life of the early 20th Century.

Lee, was born in 1914 and experienced many things. He confessed to going 'out on a whim' and when he was 19 he walked to London and then travelled on to Spain at the outbreak of civil war.

He spent his life writing, playing music and then in 1950 he returned to his life in Slad and was still a regular at the local pub until his death in 1997.

You can see the stage adaptation on the following dates:

Cider with Rosie
Venue	The Royal Forest of Dean College Theatre, Coleford
Date	Saturday March 22
Venue	The Guildhall Arts Centre, Gloucester
Date	Thursday March 27
Venue	Cranham Village Hall, Cranham
Date	Friday March 28
Venue	Westbury-on-Severn Village Hall, Westbury-on-Severn
Date	Saturday March 29

Tickets are £5 full, £3 concessions/students

All performances start at 7:30pm, except The Guildhall, Gloucester, which has an additional matinee performance at 2pm.

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