Birdsong

Tuesday 15 October–Saturday 19 October Drama
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Tickets £15.50 to £40.50

Venue: Theatre Royal

Running time: Doors open 1 hour before each performance starts. Show times TBC

Important Information

Age Guidance: 14+
Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+

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Original Theatre & JAS Theatricals in association with Birdsong Productions & Wiltshire Creative present Birdsong.

Adapted by Rachel Wagstaff
Directed by Alastair Whatley

There is nothing more than to love and be loved.

Sebastian Faulks’s epic story of love and loss returns to the stage marking the 30th anniversary of the international best-selling novel. The critically acclaimed show returns in a brand-new production for 2024. Telling the story of one man’s journey through an all-consuming love affair and into the horror of the First World 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 underground. Faced with the unprecedented horror of the war Stephen clings to the memory of Isabelle as his world explodes around him.

A mesmerising story of love and courage. Set both before and during the Great War. Once seen never forgotten.

Starring award-winning actor Max Bowden, best known for the role of Ben Mitchell in EastEnders, and produced by the award-winning Original Theatre, who brought you the smash hit productions of The Mirror Crack’d by Agatha Christie, Murder in the Dark and The Habit of Art.

Cast and performance schedule subject to change without notice.

Members
Save £7.50 on Tuesday 7.30pm performance (excluding Balcony) and all tickets £30.50 in the Stalls and Upper Circle for Wednesday to Thursday 7.30pm and Thursday 2pm performances.

Under 26s
All tickets £30.50 in the Stalls and Upper Circle for Tuesday to Thursday 7.30pm and Thursday 2pm performances. To purchase these tickets you must be 26 or under at the time of booking. You may be asked to show your ID on doors to confirm your age.

Groups 10+
All tickets £30.50 in the Stalls and Upper Circle for Tuesday to Thursday 7.30pm and Thursday 2pm performances on bookings of ten or more tickets with 1 free ticket per 20 seats booked. Please email our Group Sales team or call 0115 989 5555 to book.

No concessions in the Balcony or for Friday & Saturday performances

‘Riveting’

Telegraph

‘A staggering achievement’

Daily Mail

‘Uniformly excellent’

The Times

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Tuesday 15 October

7:30 PM

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7:30 PM

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2:00 PM

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Thursday 17 October

7:30 PM

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