TIMOTHY West will narrate The Pity of War at Malvern Theatres on Sunday (October 19).
Produced in association with the Imperial War Museum, the evening of reading and music draws on the poems and letters of World War One soldier Wilfred Owen.
Written in 1917 and 1918, Wilfred Owen’s poems and letters reveal his courage and humanity as he endured experiences and conditions from which many of his fellow soldiers were never fully able to recover.
With a career spanning over four decades on both stage and screen, Timothy West has established himself as one of Britain's most versatile and dependable actors.
He will be accompanied on stage by internationally renowned musicians, pianist Martin Roscoe and violinist Matthew Trusler, who will perform sonatas by Debussy, Elgar and Janá?ek, all written during the Great War.
The readings and live music are interspersed with original recordings of wartime music hall songs, familiar to every soldier on the Western Front.
The Pity of War begins at 7.30pm with tickets available on 01684 892277 or at malvern-theatres.co.uk.
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