IT IS 1992, Grimley Colliery faces the threat of closure and the future of the brass band seems uncertain. With the miners torn between redundancy packages and the picket lines, band-leader Danny’s hopes of winning the national brass band competition seem like a distant dream. But the arrival of flugelhorn-playing Gloria brings hope, romance and controversy to the Yorkshire brass band on the brink of collapse.

Featuring rousing live music including Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez and Jerusalem, Brassed Off is a funny and heart-warming drama that reaches stirring heights as Gloucester’s Flowers Brass Band performs the final scene, set in the Royal Albert Hall, live on the stage of the Everyman.

The cast is led by John McArdle. A highly respected and accomplished actor his credits include Billy Corkhill in Brookside, Firm Friends, All The Small Things, Merseybeat and Waterloo Road.

Passionate and inspiring - a celebration of human endeavour and community spirit in triumph against all the odds.

Brassed Off, presented by The Touring Consortium Theatre Company and York Theatre Royal Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, March 25-29 www.everymantheatre.org.uk