Laurie Lee as you have never seen - or heard - him before

ANTON LESSER, STAR OF RED SKY AT SUNRISE, LAURIE LEE IN WORDS AND MUSIC, TALKS TO US

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RED Sky at Sunrise is Laurie Lee's extraordinary story, told in a captivating weave of music from Orchestra of the Swan and Lee's own words.

It follows Lee through his much-loved Cider with Rosie trilogy, when he famously walked out of the Slad valley one midsummer morning, and ended up fighting with the International Brigades against Franco's forces in the Spanish Civil War.

Anton Lesser (Game of Thrones, Wolf Hall, Endeavour) and Charlie Hamblett (Killing Eve, Ghosts, The Burning Girls) play the role of older and younger Laurie Lee, along with a rich array of other characters.

Together, they celebrate Lee's engaging humour, as well as his darker side, in a performance that has startling resonance with modern events.

You have performed this show several times now, including at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. What do you enjoy about Laurie Lee?

I enjoy a sweet resonance I feel with Laurie Lee's writing, a kind of recognition of something apparently difficult to access, but which mysteriously becomes available through great storytelling.

What can the audience expect from Red Sky at Sunrise?

The audience can expect to be taken on a journey, which reflects Laurie's actual travels from rural Gloucestershire to Spain, but also his inner journey from boyhood to maturity all in the company of great musicians playing sublime music.

What is it like to perform a combination of words and music - how does it work, as an actor?