While reporting the outbreak of war, a journalist is held at gunpoint, caught in the no-man’s land between two nations.
War Correspondents is the second song theatre performance created by composer Helen Chadwick and choreographer Steven Hoggett (co-founder of Frantic Assembly and Oliver award winner for Black Watch) following the success of Dalston Songs, commissioned by the Royal Opera House. Helen and creative associate Miriam Nabarro have interviewed journalists covering many conflicts, including those in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, DRC, Iraq and Liberia. War Correspondents is on at the Unity Theatre on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th June.
They said, “We interviewed one journalist who had met the sniper who tried to kill him the previous day, another who was taken hostage in Iraq, another who experienced post trauma symptoms after being held with a gun at her head and another who was wounded in Bosnia. Alongside these serious stories we were also told many intriguing incidents such as the correspondent who approaches every check point with a badger puppet in his shirt pocket, another who smuggled large quantities of muesli into Egypt, and one who was told to wear culturally appropriate underwear.”
War Correspondents is a play not to be missed
Tickets for War Correspondents are priced at £12 with concessions available at £10. Tickets are available from the Unity Theatre Box office, by telephone on 0844 873 2888 or online at www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk.