Fiddler On The Roof

at Rotherham Civic Theatre from the 12th - 17th March 2012.

THE STORY

In the year 1905 the people of Anatevka, a small Jewish community in Tsarist Russia, are living a simple and precarious life. TEVYE, A Milkman, a devout and humorous man, tells how their strength derives from the age-old laws of TRADITION.

The story centres on TEVYE, the father of five daughters, and his attempts to maintain his family and Jewish religious traditions while outside influences encroach on their lives.

He must cope with the actions of his three strong-willed older daughters- each one’s choice of husband moves further way from the customs of his faith In addition, an edict decrees that Jewish families must leave their homes.

As they put together their few belongings, the villages mourn for the sorry little place which familiarity and hardship shared, has made their home ANATEVKA. As they leave to make their homes elsewhere they are bowed, but undefeated, secure in the knowledge that their beliefs and traditions will travel with them wherever they go.

Tickets for our production of Fiddler on the Roof are available now from our Ticket Secretary who can be contacted on 01709 544148