For The Trumpets Shall Sound in Brighton’s Marlborough Theatre

For The Trumpets Shall Sound, a tragic reminder of how LGBT life used to be, come to Marlborough Theatre stage

For The Trumpets Shall Sound by Gaelle Stark-Ordish takes place between England, 2001 and France during the Great War. There is an element of magical realism to the play with the present day transforming into the past from out of the pages of a diary.

Ruth and her son Jamie are sorting through boxes when they come across a photograph album, some letters and a diary dating from 1916. The diary belonged to Ruth’s grandfather and she has never seen it before. They also discover a number of photographs of a man whom Ruth knows nothing about, but he certainly seems to have known both of her grandparents well…

Persuaded by Jamie, Ruth begins to read the diary, and the attic in which she is sitting is transformed into the trenches, hospitals and cafés of France in 1916, and Jamie into Lieutenant James Wilmington, his great-grandfather.

The family secret found within the pages of the diary is that James was in love with another man, Robert, who was tragically killed. She also learns that Robert was her grandmother’s favourite cousin. Along with Ruth we discover the harsh reality of love in war and of relationships formed under fire, when all was far from fair.

“A tragic reminder of how LGBT life used to be, and a deeply moving performance which should not be missed.” –Mary Woodward
(ScotsGay) *****
The Marlborough Theatre, 4 Princes St, Brighton, BN2 1RD Thu 23–Fri 24 January 2014 8pm– 9.15pm Tickets: £8.50/£7
Available from: trumpets.bpt.me