Birdsong 2015 Tour Update

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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

BOOK TICKETS ONLINE