22 – 26 October
How far would you go for love?
Sebastian Faulks’s epic story of love and loss returns to the stage marking the 30th anniversary of the international best-selling novel.
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.
Starring award-winning actor Max Bowden, best known for the role of Ben Mitchell in EastEnders.
Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong is adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and directed by Alastair Whatley. Design is by Richard Kent,
Lighting by Jason Taylor, Sound by Dominic Bilkey and with Casting by Ellie Collyer-Bristow.
Produced by the award-winning Original Theatre and JAS Theatricals.
The Everyman Theatre
Regent Street, Cheltenham, GL50 1HQ
Box Office 01242 572573
Photo credit: Pamela Raith Photogrphy