Private Peaceful

<p>The Peaceful brothers Tommo and Charlie have a tough rural childhood facing the death of their father financial hardship and a cruel landlord. Their fierce loyalty to each other pulls them through until one day they both fall for the same girl. And then the Great War comes.</p><p>It tells the story of a country lad fighting a war he doesn't understand for people he cannot respect. We join 18-year-old Private Tommo Peaceful in the trenches as he tells us a story of courage devotion and sibling rivalry on what may be his last night on earth.</p><p><em>Private Peaceful</em> was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal won the Red House Children's Book Award and the Blue Peter Book Award and is acknowledged by Michael Morpurgo (<em>War Horse</em> <em>The Butterfly Lion</em>) to be his favourite work. This new small ensemble version by Simon Reade was commissioned by Nottingham Playhouse.</p>