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The Ring of Stones

The stage musical, The Ring of Stones, is set in 1665 – a time of epic events in England’s capital; the restoration of the monarchy and the devastation caused by The London Plague culminating the following year in The Great Fire of London. But the events portrayed in The Ring of Stones take place in the tiny village of Eyam in Derbyshire – 150 miles away from all that.  A peaceful and prosperous community where, whilst many inhabitants are veterans of the English Civil War, life promises to carry on, in it's old fashioned way, as it had done for centuries before.

However, religion forms a massive part of everyday life in 17^th century England and the insular villagers of Eyam do not react well when their rector is sacked from his living to be replaced by a young and ambitious Anglican minister imposed upon them from London. The village becomes divided as old wounds are re-opened.  But when Black Death escapes the capital and finds its way into the heart of the village the people must somehow unite to fight the contagion or flee and spread death and destruction throughout the land.

The Ring of Stones stage musical will immerse you in the heroic and heart-warming, tragic but powerfully uplifting events and leave you awed and humbled by the sacrifice made not so long ago.  "Nobody in - nobody out!"