This new solo drama interweaves material from the First World War diaries of Captain Alexander Stewart ’The Experiences of a Very Unimportant Officer in France and Flanders during 1916-1917 with the contemporary reflections of his grandson, an undeniably powerful account comparing the very different lives led by young men from generations at opposite ends of the twentieth century.

In its first week of publication before the 11th November 2007, Somme: the Experiences of a Very Unimportant Officer achieved widespread national media coverage. Even the Leader of the Opposition, David Cameron, referred to it in a column in the Sunday Telegraph

Performed by the actor Cameron Stewart