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2011 arrow The Ring of Stones The Ring of Stones Published on
Wednesday, 17 August 2011  4 stars  theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall
(venue website) 15-20 Aug, 4:15pm-5:50pm Reviewed by Lee Zhao
 Family-friendly. Suitable for all ages.  Eyam (pronounced ee-m)
is a small village in Derbyshire, unremarkable save for its
local claim to infamy as a "plague village" - a rather tragic
and at the same time heroic tale. It is this story of the
sacrifice and ultimate success of the villagers in containing
the outbreak that forms the source material for The Ring of
Stones.  Being a Derbyshire lad myself, I was aware of what
happened before coming to see the show. But knowing the story in
advance doesn't dull the power of the musical, which sticks very
close to the facts and true historical figures. The sense of
community is established early on, and every one of the amateur
cast made a believable villager of Eyam. I thought it was a
mistake, though, that when a char