The Chatworth Players are performing "Our Country's Good" over three nights at Wirksworth Town Hall.

Set in the late 1700s, in the yet-to-be-named Australia, this gritty comedy-drama follows the officers and convicts in the first penal colony as they come to grips with their new realities. When one of the officers makes a request to put on a play using the convicts as actors, it creates turmoil amongst the officers.

Our Country's Good is covered in accolades, including the 1988 Laurence Olivier award for Play of the Year, a 1991 Tony Nomination for Best Play, and a 1991 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play. Chatsworth Players' production, directed by Maggie Ford, will be a gripping and thought-provoking evening.

Chatsworth Players will be raising money for Rideout, Creative Arts for Rehabilitation during these performances.