Birdsong
Author(s):
Sebastian Faulks, adapted by Rachel Wagstaff
Company:
Original Theatre & JAS Theatricals in association with Birdsong Productions & Wiltshire Creative
Age recommendation:
14+ years
In pre-war France, a young Englishman, Stephen Wraysford, embarks on a passionate and dangerous affair with the beautiful Isabelle Azaire that turns their world upside down.
As the war breaks out over the idyll of his former life, Stephen must lead his men through the carnage of the Battle of the Somme and through the sprawling tunnels that lie deep underground.
Faced with the unprecedented horror of the war Stephen clings to the memory of Isabelle as his world explodes around him.