Composer – Jon Graham, Book – Ian Winfrey
The story is set in 1926 in London during the General Strike. The government was under considerable pressure to maintain law and order as strikes spread from the coal miners to other industries and nation-wide paralysis followed.
Many ordinary people were aware of the recent 1917 Russian revolution, and there were genuine fears that communists and anarchists could hijack the General Strike and overthrow the government. This may explain the government’s decision to recruit students (mainly from Oxford and Cambridge) temporary into the police force to help contain the strikers.
This gave the privileged Oxbridge students an opportunity to come into contact with the strikers. There was a collision between the two different worlds. The story follows the lives and loves of a group of Cambridge students through the General Strike.
The inspiration the musical came from a policeman’s truncheon that used to hang in my grandfather’s hallway. He was an agricultural student at Cambridge during the general strike and volunteered to go to London to enforce law and order.
The premier performance is at the Corn Exchange Theatre, Stamford, UK
26th and 27th June 2026 https://www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk/
Script Read Through – Thursday October 16th 2025 7:30pm Castor Village Hall, Castor PE5 7AX
Workshop – November Thursday 6th Castor Village Hall 7:30pm
Auditions 1 – November Tuesday 25th November Castor Cedar Centre 7:30pm
Auditions 2 – November Thursday 27th Castor Village Hall 7:30pm
Thursday evening rehearsals at the Castor Village Hall starting in January 2026
Contact Ian@winfrey.co.uk for further info.
Click to download Script https://freedommusicals.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/TKtLScriptV7.pdf
Click to download Score https://freedommusicals.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/TKtLVocalAndPianoScoreV7.pdf
Download or Listen KL101 Song 1 – Marching Song
KL102 – Song 2 When You’re Worlds Apart
KL103 Song 3 – Lizzy’s Life
KL104 Song 4 – When You’re A Debutante
KL105 Song 5 – Remember Marcos Is My Name
KL108 Song 6 – I’ve Glimpsed A New World
KL112 Song 7 – The Fear Song
KL115 Song 8 – A Feeling That I’m Falling
KL116 Song 9 – He’s Right For Me
KL117 Dance – Titus & Lizzy’s Tango
KL202 Song 10 – At Il Palazzo’s
KL203 Dance Burlesque
KL204 Nightclub Background Calypso
KL205 Song 11 – Step In Step Out
KL205B Account Book Scene Background (ragtime)
KL207 Song 12 – Depend On Me
KL208 Defeated Marching Song
KL210 Song 13 – Party Fast Forget Your Past
KL210 Song 13 – Party Fast Forget Your Past Dance Break
KL211 Dance – Latin Satin Samba
KL212 Dance – Excuse Me Waltz
KL214 Song 14 – There’s Always A Way For Love
KL215 Song 15 – Finale Step Into Love