Name: Red Sky At Sunrise
Start: 2024-10-16T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Malmesbury Abbey

Orchestra of the Swan ensemble with David Le Page, and narrators Anton Lesser and Charlie Hamblett.
Laurie Lee’s extraordinary story, told in a captivating weave of music and his own words.
Red Sky at Sunrise follows Laurie Lee through his much-loved trilogy, Cider with Rosie, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, and A Moment of War, when Lee 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.
Two of our best-loved actors, Anton Lesser (Game of Thrones, Wolf Hall, Endeavour) and Charlie Hamblett (Killing Eve, Ghosts, The Burning Girls) play the role of Laurie Lee older and younger, 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.
Doors open 6.45
Performance starts 7.30
Drinks available at bar before performance and during interval
Devised as a show by Judy Reaves, the text by Laurie Lee has been adapted by Deirdre Shields. The Swan’s artistic Director David Le Page has devised a gorgeous musical programme that weaves around Lee’s writing, from the lush Gloucestershire countryside Lee made famous in Cider With Rosie, to the dry landscapes of Spain, via the music of Vaughan Williams, Walton, Holst, Elgar, Britten, Grainger, Albeniz, Turina and De Falla.
Company: Anton Lesser, Charlie Hamblett, David Le Page, David Gordon, Nick Stringfellow (cello), Amanda Cook (guitar).