director Alice Wordsworth
assistant director Poppy Franziska
composer Jack Baxter
producer Emma Hall
produced in partnership with the National Theatre
cast Esh Alladi, Isla Blair, Priyanga Burford, Pearl Chanda, Omari Douglas, Mel Giedroyc, Julian Glover, Richard Pepper, Tom Victor
photography by Pamela Raith
To commemorate VE Day 80 and reflect on eighty years since the end of the Second World War in Europe, we created a multimedia performance in IWM North’s unique Main Exhibition Space. To explore our understanding of the war today, we selected personal letters from those who lived through the war and devised a promenade performance through various rooms in the exhibition space.
As the audience moved through the space, actors shared first-hand accounts from letters sent during the war. These extraordinary stories of courage, loss, and survival offered a rare and intimate glimpse into the past. The renowned poet Tony Walsh will performed his poem Mightier Than War, which explored the dignity of the human spirit in conflict.