After a highly acclaimed sell-out run at what is known as London’s Leading Off-West End theatre – the Finborough Theatre – It Is Easy To Be Dead transfers to Trafalgar Studio Two for a short run from 9th November until 3rd December 2016. Tickets are now on sale.
Following the story of the devastated parents of Charles Sorley after he is killed in action in World War I. They are left with letters and poems and using these writings put together with songs of those times this play showcases a brief life which promised much, and was tragically and very sadly cut short by the cruelness of a world at war.
It Is Easy To Be Dead has not only received 5* reviews from The Guardian, The Upcoming, and 4 * reviews from Whats on Stage, The Jewish Chronicle, London Theatre 1, Reviewsgate & Musical Theatre Review; but also been nominated for 7 OffWestEnd awards, including Best Male Performance and Best Male Performance in a Supporting Role.
“A magnificent tribute to a fiery spirit.” Michael Billington, The Guardian
“A superbly well-judged evening that conveys both the passion of youth and the pity of war.” Aleks Sierz, Tribune
“A little gem. It will introduce a remarkable man to people who had not heard of him before…A poignant study of loss and the great waste of war.” Daisy Bowie-Sell, WhatsOnStage.