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Piper Alpha
By Stephen Phelps. Chronicling the events of the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster, which claimed the lives of 167 men in July 1988.
By Stephen Phelps.
On 6 July 1988, a North Sea oil rig was destroyed by a series of explosions and a massive fire, resulting in the death of 167 men. Based on Lord Cullen's Public Inquiry, the play chronicles the disaster minute-by-minute as it happened.
With Ewan Bailey, Nigel Betts, Kenny Blyth, Mark Bonnar, Liam Brennan, Stephen Critchlow, Ben Crowe, Nyasha Hatendi, Chris Pavlo, Roshan R Rohatgi, John Rowe, Dan Starkey, John Kay Steel and Joan Walker.
Directed by Toby Swift.
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Sat 17 Jan 2009
14:30
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