Remembering Hillsborough, with David Cain
14a Long Row, Nottingham, NG1 2DH
On 15 April, thirty years ago this week, in the opening minutes of the FA Cup semi-final between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool, 96 people died in what was the most serious tragedy in British sporting history. For almost thirty years survivors and the families of the dead campaigned against the police, government and the media who blamed the supporters for the tragedy. They eventually won and a second inquest ruled that the 96 were killed unlawfully because of failures by the police and the ambulance services.
David Cain will be reading from his epic poem which combines eye-witness testimonies of the survivors to create a piece that is part oral history, part documentary theatre.
The event will be chaired by Wollaton councillor Steve Battlemuch, a regular at Forest matches, who was at the Forest end at Hillsborough.
Tickets: £3.00 on the door, refreshments included. Booking essential via events@fiveleaves.co.uk