Drum, PlymouthLight bulbs shimmer like stars across the ceiling of the Drum theatre for Rona Munro's play about American women in the early days of the space race. Inspired by the real-life stories of Jacqueline Cochran and Jerrie Cobb, the female pilots who beat their male counterparts at the flying game (Cochran being the first woman to break the sound barrier), the play shows the impact global politics and the whi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AM on September 28, 2012