THE Western Players took time out of rehearsals to promote their latest play, Journey’s End, with shoppers in Swindon at the weekend.

The play is at the Arts Centre this week from November 5 to 8 at 7.30pm.

It tells the story of Second Lieutenant Raleigh, the new officer assigned to C Company, who is welcomed by everyone except apparently Captain Stanhope, who reveals later that Raleigh was at school with him and hero-worshipped him.

What neither of them knows is that if ‘Stanhope went up those steps into the front line without being doped with whisky, he’d go mad with fright’.

The drama of the personal relationships between the men is played out against the larger tragedy raging around them of the First World War.

Tickets for the performance at the centre in Devizes Road are £9, or £8 for concessions.

Call 07575 711522 or to book online visit www.wegottickets.com and search for ‘Western Players’.