Overview
Heroism is danger and risk, and frankly, until now, it's been male. In
the near future a group of women gather in a half-built structure on
Winter Hill in Bolton. Is it a chance to have a drink with friends? Is
it a book club discussing famous heroines? Or is it a revolution? Set in
the near future, Winter Hill centres on a eight women as they deal with
the sale of local land to developers of a luxurious skyscraper hotel.
Questioning the lengths people should go in the name of a cause,
Timberlake Wertenbaker's Winter Hill premiered at the Octagon Theatre,
Bolton, in May 2017.