Singing the Changes - songs by Dave Rogers for Banner Theatre
Bread Books, 2005

Launched at Banner's 30th Anniversary event, this is a beautifully produced book containing over 80 songs with musical notation and guitar chords as well as social background and photographs from Banner's archives. It celebrates thirty years of creativity from within the most important struggles of our times. It is of interest to trade unionists, campaigners, educationalists, activists, social historians, singers and musicians. Full texts of reviews

"His songs are direct, singable and a boon to political and social activists" -
Peggy Seeger

"Singing the Changes is an invaluable resource for those who want to remember the struggles of the past and draw encouragement to face the campaigns that lie ahead" - Tony Benn

"These songs make us laugh, they make us cry, they make us angry, they make us think" - Paul Mackney

"..what makes this collection so special is that, as in Shakespeare's case, the words (and music) have been honed to needle sharp effectiveness by having been through the grist of multiple public performances and grown out of contact with real people" - Eddie McGuire

"I found Singing the Changes, a collection of 85 songs written by Dave Rogers for the Banner Theatre group between 1974 and 2001, a sheer delight" - Dave Emery

Copies are available from the Banner office, price £15 plus £3 for postage and packing within UK.

Workers' Playtime: Theatre and the labour movement since 1970
Alan Filewod & David Watt; Currency Press, Strawberry Hills; 2001

Banner was featured recently in this academic study of political theatre by Professor Alan Filewod of Guelph University in Ontario, Canada and Dr David Watt of the University of Newcastle in Australia (ISBN 0 86819 631 2). Chapter 3 provides a history of the company from its foundation in 1973 up to the late 1990s.

Copies are available from the Banner office, price £15 plus £3 for postage and packing within UK.

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