A century after the outbreak of World War One, what does war and conflict mean to young people today?
At The Dukes in Lancaster from March 18-22 the theatre stages a new production: Your Country Needs You! (But I don’t need my country…).
Some of the 50 members of The Dukes Young Actors and Young Company presenting the production are the same age as many soldiers who served in the Great War.
And during the preparations, the 14- to 20-year-olds researched the war at Lancashire Infantry Museum, took part in a military drill and discovered what war is like nowadays from a Lancaster soldier who served in Afghanistan.
These experiences have fed back into the four short new plays by award-winning writers.