This is Dorset -- THE stage adaptation of Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong will open for a week-long run at Salisbury Playhouse on 3rd March with a cast headed by Peter Duncan, George Banks and Carolin Stoltz. Writer Rachel Wagstaff previously adapted The Girl at the Lion d'Or, also by Sebastian Faulks, for BBC Radio 4 and she and Faulks are currently writing two screenplays together. The 2013 tour of Birdsong was hugely successful and critically acclaimed, seen by more than 75,000 people and receiving 4- and 5-star reviews, with audiences describing the show as 'simply stunning'. Sebastian Faulks is thrilled the show is being re-mounted for 2014, the year that will mark 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War. He joined the 2013 company on stage in a cameo role during its 200th performance in Brighton. He said of the play: "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 . . ." The tour of Birdsong will continue to support Help for Heroes, after raising more than £50,000 through collections and events on the 2013 tour. Peter Duncan, although perhaps best-known as a former Blue Peter presenter, has been an actor since the 1970s when he joined the National Theatre. He was nominated for an Olivier award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Denry Machin in The Card. In Birdsong he will play the role of Jack Firebrace. George Banks's previous theatre credits include the tour of The History Boys and Hobson's Choice at the Sheffield Crucible, while Carolin Stoltz is known for her roles in Sky 1's The Café, Emmerdale and The Inbetweeners Movie. Banks and Stoltz play the romantic leads of Stephen Wraysford and Isabelle Azaire. Birdsong plays at Salisbury Playhouse from 3rd-8th March. For tickets and other enquiries contact the box office on 01722 320333 or visit www.salisburyplayhouse.com.
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This is Dorset -- THE stage adaptation of Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong will open for a week-long run at Salisbury Playhouse on 3rd March with a cast headed by Peter Duncan, George Banks and Carolin Stoltz. Writer Rachel Wagstaff previously adapted The Girl at the Lion d'Or, also by Sebastian Faulks, for BBC Radio 4 and she and Faulks are currently writing two screenplays together. The 2013 tour of Birdsong was hugely successful and critically acclaimed, seen by more than 75,000 people and receiving 4- and 5-star reviews, with audiences describing the show as 'simply stunning'. Sebastian Faulks is thrilled the show is being re-mounted for 2014, the year that will mark 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War. He joined the 2013 company on stage in a cameo role during its 200th performance in Brighton. He said of the play: "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 . . ." The tour of Birdsong will continue to support Help for Heroes, after raising more than £50,000 through collections and events on the 2013 tour. Peter Duncan, although perhaps best-known as a former Blue Peter presenter, has been an actor since the 1970s when he joined the National Theatre. He was nominated for an Olivier award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Denry Machin in The Card. In Birdsong he will play the role of Jack Firebrace. George Banks's previous theatre credits include the tour of The History Boys and Hobson's Choice at the Sheffield Crucible, while Carolin Stoltz is known for her roles in Sky 1's The Café, Emmerdale and The Inbetweeners Movie. Banks and Stoltz play the romantic leads of Stephen Wraysford and Isabelle Azaire. Birdsong plays at Salisbury Playhouse from 3rd-8th March. For tickets and other enquiries contact the box office on 01722 320333 or visit www.salisburyplayhouse.com.
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