Children and teenagers posing in costumes they will wear for a youth production by the Waimate Theatre Group, are (from left) Peter Fish (12), Catherine Nichol (13), Kate Lapthorn (8), Margaret Nichol (11), Jonathan Fish (11), Duncan Peterson (10), Anna Peterson (12), Edward Fish (14), Abi Lapthorn (11) and Ella Lapthorn (11) .
With a cast of 60 children and teenagers A Letter to the Trenches is a story about the effects of World War 1 on the young men who went to fight and the communities they left behind.
The hour-long free show is at the Regent Theatre, Waimate, on Friday, April 17 at 7pm, and Saturday, April 18, at 2pm.
Tickets are not for sale in the usual way. Instead, people can go to Parkers in Queen St and make a donation to Ronald McDonald House South Island.
