Once a Year on Blackpool Sands

Plot Summary

A moving comedy-drama about the love, identity and courage of the LGBTQ community during the first walk towards Gay Pride in 1950s England. Based on the real-life events of Yorkshire coal miners and secret gay lovers, Tommy and Eddy, who spend their annual week holiday at a quirky B & B in Blackpool, along with a few other alternative members of society – the transgender Mr. Elbridge, the ex-show girl Red Ethel and the eccentric owner Gladys and her flirty daughter Maureen.

Top Cast

Kyle Brookes Eddy

Macaulay Cooper Tommy

Wendy Laurence James Gladys Bracegirdle

Elizabeth Coombs Alice Price

Linda Clark Red Ethel