Birdsong

Tour synopsis, cast & creatives

A mesmerising story of love, courage and sacrifice is now brought to the stage in this critically acclaimed version of Sebastian Faulks's bestselling novel. An epic tale of love and war set both before and during the Great War. 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 under ground. Faced with the unprecedented horror of the war Stephen clings to the memory of Isabelle as his world explodes around him.

Cast/Performers

Max Bowden, James Esler, Charlie Russell

Creatives/Company

Book by: Sebastian Faulk
Adapted by: Rachel Wagstaff
Presented by(s): Original Theatre, JAS Theatricals (in association with Birdsong Productions and Wiltshire Creative)
Director(s): Alastair Whatley, Ellie Collyer-Bristow (CDG - casting)
Design: Richard Kent
Lighting: Jason Taylor
Sound: Dominic Bilkey