1st - 4th October 2025

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Told through the eyes of Pierrots and Pierrettes, this acclaimed classic of modern theatre is a powerful and satirical retelling of WWI using songs and humour.
Devised and presented by Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, London in 1963. It was the result of close co-operation between writer, actors and director, where the whole team participated in detailed research into the period and in the creative task of bringing their material to life in theatrical terms.
It won the acclaim of audiences and critics alike, and the Grand Prix of the Theatre des Nations festival in Paris 1963.​​