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Birdsong 2015 Tour Update
Published on
January 13, 2015
By
douglasmayo
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The 2015 national tour of Rachel Wagstaff’s stage play Birdsong, adapted from the novel by Sebastian Faulks, will open on 4 February 2015 at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon. The production will tour until July 2015. Touring during the 100th anniversary of the First World War, Birdsong tells a mesmerising story of love and courage, before and during the 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 worlds upside down. As the war breaks out, 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 and the idyll of his former life as his world explodes around him. The 2013 and 2014 tours were hugely successful and critically acclaimed, seen by over 130,000 people and receiving 4- and 5-star reviews, with audiences calling the show ‘simply stunning’. Sebastian Faulks was thrilled the show was re-mounted to tour again, and has previously stated: “Both Rachel and I want this to be the definitive version of Birdsong on stage. The audience watch it and think, thank God I have never undergone all of this. These experiences are far outside the lives of most people but there is something about the way the production works which makes people identify and think, it could be me...” Peter Duncan, Edmund Wiseman and Emily Bowker head the cast of the 2015 national tour of Birdsong. Birdsong is again directed by Alastair Whatley, with set design by Victoria Spearing, lighting by Alex Wardle for Charcoalblue and sound by Dom Bilkey.
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BIRDSONG 2015 TOUR DATES
4 – 7 February
CROYDON Fairfield Halls
020 8688 9291
BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 10 – 14 February
ABERDEEN His Majesty’s Theatre
01224 641122
BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 17 – 21 February
BUXTON Opera House
0845 127 2190
BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 23 – 28 February
NEWCASTLE Northern Stage
0191 230 5151
BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 3 – 7 March
READING The Hexagon
0118 960 6060
BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 10 – 14 March
DARLINGTON Civic Theatre
01325 486555
BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 16 – 21 March
GUILDFORD Yvonne Arnaud
01483 440000
BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 24 – 28 March
POOLE The Lighthouse
0844 4068666
BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 13 – 18 April
LIVERPOOL The Playhouse
0151 709 4776
BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 21 – 25 April
EDINBURGH King’s Theatre
0131 529 6000
BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 27 April – 9 May
BRISTOL Old Vic
0117 987 7877
BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 12 – 23 May
LEEDS West Yorkshire Playhouse
0113 213 7700
BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 1 – 5 June
PORTSMOUTH Kings Theatre
023 9282 8282
BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 8 – 13 June
HEREFORD Courtyard Theatre
01432 340555
BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 16 – 20 June
CREWE Lyceum
01270 368 242
BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 22 – 27 June
SHREWSBURY Theatre Severn
01743 281281
BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 29 June – 4 July
RICHMOND Richmond Theatre
0844 871 7651
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