Barbed Wire and Teddy Bears Wed 3 Dec 25

Barbed Wire and Teddy Bears by Karen Forbes is a play that centres on the children of the Jersey Occupation. The play was written from the collected stories in Occupation Memories by Therese Tabb. Over a number of months, Therese, who is also a child of the Occupation, met with Jersey residents who had grown up under the eyes of the Nazi troops. Out of this collection of memories, the characters formed and the aim of the JCG Youth Theatre in this 80th year of Liberation is to make the audience reflect. Living history is all around us...but won't be forever. The stories in Barbed Wire and Teddy Bears are all true, and reflect on the a time that, for the children, was both scary and exciting in equal measure. Children will always be children, and in this play, you will hear stories of derring-do, bravery and simply growing up.