Unicorns Almost

It is not so often we get a play about a war poet of WW II, more often than not we hear of the more famous poets of WW I. In fact the subject here is Keith Douglas who was also a tank commander and fought much of the war in the desert - again, things we rarely see represented. t pays Krikler plays a very credible Keith in this one man show, taking us on his journey from a childhood interest in toy soldiers, to signing up, the desert war,coming home and taking part in the D-Day landings only to be killed by a mortar some days later. Mixed in with this are aspects of his personal life and loves and his attempts to get hos poems taken seriously and published- something that happened only years after the war ended. Directed with a careful touch by John Retallack and with an emotive soundtrack from Jon Nicholls this is a lovely, intimate piece of theatre that pays appropriate tribute to a largely forgotten poet.