In No Petticoats Here, which comes to Llanwarne Village Hall on Saturday, March 3, singer, songwriter and musician Louise Jordan tells the stories of inspirational women who challenged expectations in WW1: from the women footballers who kept the sport alive during the First World War to the aspiring teenage journalist who dressed as a soldier and travelled to the Western Front on a bicycle, the women who risked their lives to treat the wounded yards from the German Front Line, an inventor and engineer, a master spy and the women who made the weapons of war as well as the so-called ‘surplus million’ single women. These inspiring women, working in a time of conflict and breaking boundaries left an irreversible legacy and these songs recognise their extraordinary achievements.

"Since the summer of 2015 I have been uncovering these stories," says Louise. "Early in my research I read that Dr Elsie Inglis, in her efforts to set up Scottish Women’s Hospitals during the Great War, was told by a Member of Parliament to ‘go home and sit still, we don’t want any petticoats here’, and No Petticoats Here was born.

"The research, songwriting and composition has taken 15 months and taken me from Portsmouth to Pervijze and from Ulverston to Ypres by way of many museums, battlefields, private collections, libraries and research centres.

Louise Jordan presents No Petticoats Here on Saturday, March 3 at 7.30pm in Llanwarne Village Hall. Suitable for ages 12+. To book, call 01981 580396 or 01981 540406 or visit artaslive.co.uk for online booking.