In association with Bawdsey RADAR Trust
Tue 2nd September & Wed 3rd September 2025
Celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE/VJ Day with Bawdsey RADAR Trust
Black & White Productions revisit how RDF (or RADAR as it came to be known) was developed at Orfordness & Bawdsey with a new play – OPERATION:RADAR
It’s a race against time as Boffins Robert Watson Watt and Skip Wilkins try to come up with solutions to the impossible problems of detecting aircraft and IFF (identifying friend or foe) before they succumb to the bleak conditions of Orfordness or Hitler unleashes the might of the Luftwaffe and wipes out the RAF before the flying boys have got their socks on!
.But as they re-establish operations at Bawdsey Manor and Churchill piles on the pressure, will Air Marshall Dowding retain his sanity long enough to be any help? And even if they do find answers – who will operate the new Chain Home Stations now all the men are being called up?
With live music and a mixture of new songs and old favourites from the period this is a chance on this 80th Anniversary year of VE/VJ Day to celebrate the amazing achievements of a small group of men and women who saved the day and were a vital part of the victory.
with live music and new songs