A NEW stage production that gives a fresh voice to war poetry from the last hundred years will start its UK tour at the Ageas Salisbury International Festival in May.
The Hundred Years’ War fuses poetry and theatre to create a unique performance, vividly enacting profound human experiences of war.
Three actors perform 35 poems, each chronicling times of war and conflict, with verse from aggressor and victim, soldier and civilian.
After several well-received performances in 2014, the production is now embarking on a larger UK tour, beginning at Salisbury on May 26.
The Hundred Years’ War offers stories of war from across the world, from the trenches of the Somme to the horrors of the Second World War and the Holocaust, and in the Middle East, Vietnam, Ireland, the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s the first time that many of these poems have been heard in the UK.
Produced by Midlands Creative Projects in association with the Belgrade Theatre Coventry and Bloodaxe Books, The Hundred Years’ War is based on the eponymous anthology of poetry edited by Neil Astley, published by Bloodaxe Books in 2014.
For more information, visit livepoetry.org or salisburyfestival.co.uk.
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