Post-office. Scandal. Musical.

A Pentabus and New Perspectives co-production
Make Good: The Post Office Scandal
A new musical by Jeanie O’Hare (book) & Jim Fortune (music & lyrics)
Directed by Elle While

A vibrant & compassionate new musical, inspired by the Post Office Scandal which tore communities apart & jailed innocent people.

Maxine Peake on Instagram  – ’It’s chuffin’ marvellous!! Go and see it you won’t be disappointed!… ♥️‘  

“If we knew that this was going to happen to us, that we were going to become criminals by buying a Post Office, we would never, ever have done it.” Subpostmaster

For twenty years Subpostmasters all over the UK were jailed for stealing money that never existed. Directly informed by conversations with affected Subpostmasters, Make Good dives into these most local of stories, capturing the raw emotion, the betrayals, and the collective disbelief that this could be happening to innocent people.

A new musical, three years in the making, tells the story of the resilience of the Sub-Postmasters and their families, in what is now recognised as the gravest miscarriage of justice in British history. Can the Post Office ever make good the damage they have done?

“The musical is full of feeling. And that’s what we need to portray to people now, so that they can feel and understand what we felt, all the heartache that we went through. The songs bring so much to the story, they’re heartfelt and there’s humour in it too, it’s funny. It made me smile as well as being touching.” Subpostmaster

Touring Autumn 2024 – Celebrating 100 years of rural touring, and marking the 50th anniversary of leading rural theatre companies Pentabus and New Perspectives.

Make Good is accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences, with Audio Description integrated into every performance.

Suitable for ages 11+
90 minutes (approx.), plus interval

Produced by two of Rural Touring’s leading theatre companies, with a team of notable theatre makers. Directly informed by conversations with affected sub-postmasters, Make Good dives into this most local of stories, capturing the raw emotions, the bewilderment and the unbreakable bond of faith and family that were put to the test.

Ludlow Assembly Rooms – Preview Performance 

‘Full of energy and vitality – fantastic performance’  

‘Heart rending – lost for words’  

‘Enthralled, Outraged, Entertained – Always love Pentabus’ 

‘Fantastic, Emotional, Memorable – a really brilliant production from start to finish’  

‘Exciting, moving, full of community – the additional of the community choirs is lush – more of this!’ 

‘Masterpiece, best thing we’ve seen this year.’  

CONTENT WARNINGS

The following is a list of specific content that may impact audience members. This may include actions and themes as well as technical triggers. The content warnings are updated as a production evolves through the rehearsal process. Make Good includes the following:

Thematic Triggers

• Suicide
• Some strong language

Technical triggers

• Haze (at some venues)

Pentabus are champions of rural touring and are ‘one of British theatre’s unsung treasures.’ The Guardian