Not About Heroes

Eden Court Theatre presents ‘Not about Heroes’

‘Not About Heroes’ features two talented young, recently graduated, Highland based actors and is directed by Philip Howard, Artistic Director of Dundee Rep.

During the First World War, two of England’s greatest twentieth century war poets met at Craiglockhart War Hospital. Siegfried Sassoon was a decorated war hero hospitalised after protesting against the continuing war. Wilfred Owen was a victim of shell shock and accused of cowardice. Returning to the front, Sassoon was shot in the head but survived. Owen went on to win the military cross, die in the trenches seven days before Armistice Day and receive posthumous fame as England’s greatest war poet. Weaving their great poetry, letters, and autobiographical writings, this emotionally powerful and often witty play tells the moving story of the friendship that transformed them both.

Suitable for 12+