Our next production… Knockshinnoch

IMAGE LEFT | The Company of Knockshinnoch 2023

Theatre Alliance are delighted to announce their next production taking place in January 2023.

Knockshinnoch, a dance theatre production, focuses on the experiences of the 116 miners who were trapped underground for 3 days, uncertain if they would survive or ever see their families again.

On 7th September 1950, New Cumnock witnessed one of the biggest disasters in Scottish mining history when 129 men were trapped in Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery for three days. In one of the most remarkable and heroic rescues ever attempted, 116 of those men were saved on the third day. Tragically, 13 of the miners lost their lives in the disaster.

This is a story of perseverance, hope and camaraderie in the face of disaster.