The Great War in Words

Friday 6 November, 7.30-9pm: Join us at Brook Arts Hub for a special evening of prose poetry and songs of the First World War. Compiled & directed by Michael Rolfe. Readings by John Robert Partridge, Emily Tietz & George Omerod.

They spoke simply, as human beings caught up in bewildering and shocking events.

Max Egremont: Some Desperate Glory

Comments from audience members in 2025:

I came to watch the war poetry performance for Remembrance and I wanted to share just how deeply it affected me. The entire piece was so thoughtfully and beautifully put together. From the moment it began, it truly brought the poetry to life in a vivid, moving way. Lucy Parrott, Writers Workshop, Stratford-upon-Avon

You have written a very moving and appropriate tribute to all those who sacrificed so much; so glad to have seen this on Remembrance Day. Paul Curran, Writer and Actor