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'Candles' is a play with music which was suggested by the Snaefell Mining Disaster of 1897. All disasters have a human face.
Candles explores the impact that one small event - an improperly snuffed candle - can have on a whole community. The loss and heartbreak are counterpointed with acts of practical heroism. A flame is very like a living being. It requires fuel and oxygen. Like many organisms it is capable of snuffing out another life. Candles mixes the pride of a mining community with the sadness and guilt of the women who were left behind and the men who survived. #manxhistory #laxeymines #candles #gaietytheatre