NEW Forest singer, musician and composer Louise Jordan tours with her latest project No Petticoats Here this summer and she will perform at St James’ Church in Alderholt on Sunday July 23.
No Petticoats Here tells the real life stories of varied and remarkable women of the Great War through song and was inspired by the story of Dorothy Lawrence, an aspiring author whose guardian lived in Salisbury Cathedral Close. Dorothy dressed as a soldier in order to visit the Western Front and pursue her journalistic ambitions. Louise quickly became fascinated by the stories of female ambulance drivers, scientists, footballers and spies.
No Petticoats Here is the culmination of 12 months of research that has taken Louise to the battlefields of the Somme, the Belgian frontline at Pervijse and to countless museums and historic research centres. Through contact with the relatives and biographers of some of these extraordinary women Louise has been able to add greater depth and detail to their stories bringing to life their courage and compassion.
Louise Jordan has placed her classical music background and her five years’ experience of touring the UK and Europe alongside her early career as a secondary school history teacher to produce No Petticoats Here.
Tickets are available on the door /in advance from wegottickets.com/
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