The Dukes in Lancaster and Oldham Coliseum are joining forces this spring to present a new play with songs—The Life And Times of Mitchell & Kenyon—about the Lancashire film-makers and including clips from many of the films they shot throughout the North West.
It’s the brainchild of award-winning director Amy Leach who hails from Darwen near Blackburn where Mitchell & Kenyon were based in the Edwardian era and it’s been written by Lancaster-based playwright and screenwriter Daragh Carville.
He brings Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon back to life to tell the story of a unique film-making partnership whose collection of ‘local films for local people’ is now regarded as a national treasure.