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The People Are Singing – A Professional Review

Why does the barbarism of war inspire so many to seek comfort in song?

Writer Lizzie Nunnery explores this in her tale of the ravages of war, seen through the eyes of a little girl. Part of the British Council’s World Stages project, Nunnery has teamed up with Ukrainian director Tamara Trunova and it premiered at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre.  

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The People Are Singing – Review

Why does the barbarism of war inspire so many to seek comfort in song?

This is the central thread that writer Lizzie Nunnery uses to weave her tale of the ravages of war, seen through the eyes of a little girl. Based on the Ukrainian-Russian conflict, it is part fantasy, part reality.

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