Performance: The Unknown Soldier

Grist To The Mill Presents The Unknown Soldier

26-27 February 2016, The Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham

After its hugely successful première at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, receiving four and five star reviews, the much anticipated new play from nominated writer Ross Ericson is now on a national tour. It is a thought provoking, moving, and even humorous solo piece that looks at the First World War from a new perspective, through the eyes of a man who has survived the carnage but remains, like many, to help build the great cemeteries. It is a story of the deep friendship that can only be found between those who fight together, of the betrayal felt by them at the end of the war, and of a world that has changed so much it has become unrecognisable.

Ericson uses his military experience and family stories to give this piece a truly authentic voice and, as he is performing it himself, it feels like a very real and very personal piece. It is as gritty and as moving as his play ‘Casualties’, for which he was nominated for an Off West End Award, and shows a writer true to his form.

‘Strong writing, an original approach and a sensitive performance bring fresh power to a reminder of the horrors of war’

The Stage

‘If you don’t ever want to see another WW1 play, then you want to see *this* WW1 play. Superb!’

Fringe Guru.

‘It’s not about glory or futility, it’s about the loyalty forged between friends’

The Scotsman.

Listing Information:

Production: The Unknown Soldier

Company: Grist To The Mill

Date: 26 to 27 February

Time: 7.30pm (Saturday matinee 2pm)

Running Time: 70 mins, no interval.

Venue: Old Joint Stock Theatre, 4 Temple Row, West Birmingham, B2 5NY

Tickets: £8.50/£7.50/£18 (£10/£8/£26 Sat/Sun)

Bookings: oldjointstocktheatre@fullers.co.uk/ 0121 200 0946

Web Page: www.oldjointstock.co.uk/whats-on/the-unknown-soldier