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Opens: February 27, 2025
Closing: March 08, 2025
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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. 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, James Esler (Litvinenko) and Charlie Russell (The Goes Wrong Show, And Then There Were None (BBC)) 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.



★★★★ ‘A staggering achievement’ Daily Mail



★★★★ ‘Uniformly excellent’ The Times



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Times Square Arts Presents Zina Saro-Wiwa's 'Table Manners' For November Midnight Moment
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 30, 2020


Times Square Arts, the largest public platform for contemporary performance and visual arts, is pleased to present Table Manners by multimedia artist Zina Saro-Wiwa for the month of November as part of the organization's signature Midnight Moment series. Midnight Moment is the world's largest, longest-running digital art exhibition, synchronized on electronic billboards throughout Times Square nightly from 11:57pm to midnight. 

The Kinsey Sicks Release QUARANTUNES Album
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 27, 2020


The Kinsey Sicks, America's Favorite Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet, takes a worldwide quarantine as inspiration for their 10th album: Quarantunes. The Kinseys produced and recorded the entirety of Quarantunes while isolated in their separate homes across the country.

Stephanie Lambring Releases 'Autonomy'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Oct 23, 2020


The ability to make your own decisions—to truly own the course your life takes, is a freedom that can take a while to embrace.

Janie Dee, Max Bowden, and Stephen Boxer Star In New Supernatural Thriller THE HAUNTING OF ALICE BOWLES
by Stephi Wild - Oct 23, 2020


Original Theatre Company will present its fourth original online production since theatres were closed by the Government in March this year.  The Haunting of Alice Bowles is a new supernatural thriller by Philip Franks adapted for the first time from the M.R. James chilling short ghost story, The Experiment.

Roundup: Check Out These Socially Distanced Shows
by Marianka Swain - Oct 15, 2020


Hurrah for the green shoots in our beleaguered industry. Lots of venues are mounting new shows and bringing back our favourites over the next few weeks and months - albeit with social distancing and safety measures in place. Here are some of the live theatrical goodies on offer.

Virtual Theatre Today: Thursday, October 8- with NEXT ON STAGE Season 2, Beth Leavel, and More!
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 8, 2020


Today (October 8) in live streaming: Next on Stage is Back for Season 2, Beth Leavel visits Backstage Live, and so much more!

18 Shows Streaming on BroadwayWorld Events This Week!
by Taylor Brethauer-Hamling - Sep 28, 2020


BroadwayWorld Events is bringing you incredible talent right into your home!

BWW REVIEW: Sydney Theatre Company Returns To The Live Performance Stage with Classic Storytelling For The World Premiere of Angus Cerini's WONNANGATTA
by Jade Kops - Sep 26, 2020


The world premiere of Angus Cerinia??s WONNANGATTA kicks off Sydney Theatre Companya??s return to the stage post the pandemic lockdowns that crippled the arts industry.

The Scottish Gallery Presents Lachlan Goudie's ONCE UPON A TIME
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 21, 2020


Lachlan Goudiea??s forthcoming exhibition at The Scottish Gallery presents a new collection of works, inspired by places that are, or at least may have recently felt far far away. The works bring fairy tales to life, with landscapes and still lifes that are designed to make you daydream.

23 Shows Streaming on BroadwayWorld Events This Week!
by Taylor Brethauer-Hamling - Sep 21, 2020


BroadwayWorld Events is bringing you incredible talent right into your home!

Virtual Theatre Today: Tuesday, September 1- with Adam Pascal, Raúl Esparza, and More!
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 1, 2020


Today (September 1) in live streaming: Smokey Joe's Cafe reunites on Stars in the House, Broadway Buskers continues, and so much more!

Everything Everything Announce Virtual Reality Event To Celebrate Forthcoming Album Release
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Aug 31, 2020


Everything Everything will launch their eagerly anticipated new album ‘RE-ANIMATOR, with the first ever album release show held in virtual reality.

Birdland Jazz Club Celebrates The Charlie Parker Centennial With Pasquale Grasso, Champian Fulton & Joe Lovano
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 24, 2020


Birdland will present a series of shows coming up in celebration of Charlie Parker's Centennial!

Peter Duncan Launches Panto Online - The UK's First Pantomine Filmed Entirely On Location
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 21, 2020


'Blue Peter' legend Peter Duncan - a critically acclaimed Panto Dame, Writer and DIrector - is planning his biggest and best a?oeHere's One I Made Earliera?? challenge.

Original Theatre Company Presents a New Online Commission, APOLLO 13: THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
by Stephi Wild - Aug 21, 2020


Original Theatre Company, the production company behind the critically acclaimed lockdown productions of Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong Online and Louise Coulthard's Watching Rosie, are delighted to present a new commission by Torben Betts, Apollo 13: The Dark Side of The Moon. 

New Creative Partnership Announced Between Birmingham Royal Ballet and Birmingham Repertory Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Aug 20, 2020


A brand-new partnership has been confirmed between Birmingham Royal Ballet and Birmingham Repertory Theatre, which will see the two established companies combine creative ingenuity to stage new dance works in the heart of Birmingham city centre.

Alan Williams Premieres 'Anniston' With DittyTV - Watch It Now, New Album Out Aug 28
by Robert Diamond - Aug 19, 2020


Alan Williams released his debut single “Anniston” on August 14 - listen HERE. The video made its national broadcast debut on DittyTV, Monday, August 17 premiering on their “Rhythm Roots” channel at 7:00pm CT, with a rebroadcast on August 18 at 7:00am CT.

Official Trailer for Emmy Nominated Reno 911! Returns for PART 2
by Robert Diamond - Aug 18, 2020


Reno 911! lets viewers ride shotgun with the courageous men and women of the Reno Sheriff’s Department as they lay down the law and put it all on the line. The Reno 911! camera doesn’t blink - and when danger is near, the Reno Sheriff’s Department will be nearer.

VIDEO: Check Out the New Trailer for RENO 911!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 18, 2020


Reno 911! lets viewers ride shotgun with the courageous men and women of the Reno Sheriff's Department as they lay down the law and put it all on the line. The Reno 911! camera doesn't blink - and when danger is near, the Reno Sheriff's Department will be nearer.

New and Upcoming Releases For the Week of August 10
by Stephi Wild - Aug 12, 2020


Need something new to read or listen to? Check out this week's list of new and upcoming releases! This week's newly-announced releases include music from Forbidden Broadway, the cast recording for A Killer Party, and more.

Everything Everything Share New Single 'Violent Sun'
by Kaitlin Milligan - Jul 29, 2020


Today, Everything Everything share their new single 'Violent Sun'.

Galimatias Returns With 'Redeye' From Debut Full-Length Album
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 17, 2020


Danish artist & producer, Galimatias, today returns with, 'Redeye,' the first single off his forthcoming debut full-length album. Listen HERE and watch HERE.

Alarm Will Sound to Present Socially-Distanced Live Performances of TEN THOUSAND BIRDS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 15, 2020


Fresh off the heels of a celebrated quarantine home version of Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams's TEN THOUSAND BIRDS comes Alarm Will Sound's next iteration of this entrancing work.

Miriam Margolyes and Amit Shah Will Star In New Online Short Play WATCHING ROSIE
by Stephi Wild - Jul 8, 2020


Original Theatre Company's recent critically acclaimed, innovative online production of Rachel Wagstaff's adaptation of Sebastian Faulks's best-selling novel Birdsong has spurred the company on to produce another online production while theatres remain closed to live performances.

BWW Review: BIRDSONG, Original Theatre Online
by Louise Penn - Jun 30, 2020


The Original Theatre Company commemorate the 104th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme by bringing their adaptation of Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong to the screen. Building on the techniques used to stream during the early stages of lockdown, Birdsong loses none of its power, relevance, or sense of storytelling.

Birdsong History

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