The Little Victory Ball

​The heritage theatre company that remembers the little stories.
The Little Victory Ball has been offering a variety of historical theatre shows, walkabout performances and interactive exhibitions since 2010.  We celebrate the little stories and hidden characters of the two world wars. We have performed at festivals, schools, colleges, community events and private parties.
‘An absolutely amazing performance, this is how everyone should learn history’
Teacher, St Augustine’s School, Wiltshire
‘It’s powerful stuff, really putting the story in the word history’
​ Robin Savill, Museum of Rural Life, Somerset

The Little Victory Ball The Great War 

We'll bring a unique interactive World War I theatre show and museum directly to your event or your school. We educate and entertain using the words of those who lived through the 1914-18 war and whose efforts have ensured that we understand how the war was 'Remembered' at the time. It is a tribute to the women and families who kept their loved ones memories alive, and who visited the battlefields and cemeteries after the war to find solace and buy souvenirs to bring home. 

The Cabinet of Curiosities

The memorials to the fallen in the Great War were not only found in National monuments but in domestic shrines in the home. Our museum has a tiny ‘front room’ with artefacts of Remembrance then walk into the Cabinet of Curiosities which holds an amazing collection of souvenirs and memorabilia, some of it made by soldiers and sent back to loved ones at home. Artefacts range from trench art, sweet heart jewellery, clothing, photographs, souvenirs and tell the extraordinary stories about the Cenotaph, street shrines, memorials and The Unknown Warrior.

The Show

Imagine a decadent 1920s travelling showman’s stage, velvet drapes, wooden floorboards and a cast who reveal the stories of women who all had a role to play in the construction of Remembrance. The yellow tinged munitionette Ethel celebrating Armistice Day by attending a Grand Victory Ball, Elsie explaining The Great Silence in 1919 and Dottie watching the unveiling of the Cenotaph in 1920. 

World War One Walkabout and museum

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​Our miniature mobile WW1 museum, the “Cabinet of Curiosities” will pay you a visit, accompanied by a series of character walkabout performances from munitionettes, nurses, music hall girls and miserable ghostly women who all have their own stories from the war





​"Simply told and profoundly moving, illustrated with songs & spectacle and even humour, it's an ideal show for families with children of any age"- Chrysse Morrison




​"A small stage and a big act" - Oscar, aged 9



​"This show warmed the cockles of my heart" - Shindi

Did you know that?

  • the Cenotaph was meant to be temporary, but it was the wishes of the ordinary people which made it a permanent structure.
  • used shells and the detritus of war were made into domestic objects.
  • used shells were also re-used as gas alarms during the war then were remade into dinner gongs after the war - what a shock for the Tommy at home!