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This captivating adaptation of Laurie Lee’s celebrated autobiographical trilogy – Cider with Rosie, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning and A Moment of War – weaves together music and words to celebrate Lee’s engaging humour, as well as his darker side.

Red Sky at Sunrise: Laurie Lee in Words & Music

Southbank Centre

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Red Sky at Sunrise: Laurie Lee in Words and Music

Anton Lesser and Charlie Hamblett play the role of Laurie Lee older and younger, along with a rich array of other characters. Featuring music by Vaughan Williams, Walton, Holst, Elgar, Britten, Grainger, Albéniz, Turina and Falla.

Red Sky at Sunrise – Laurie Lee in Words & Music

Chichester Festival Theatre

Laurie Lee’s extraordinary story, told in a captivating weave of music and his own words.. 
 

Red Sky at Sunrise follows Laurie Lee through his much-loved Cider with Rosie trilogy – Cider with Rosie, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, A Moment of War – , when he famously walked out of the Slad valley one summer morning, and ended up fighting with the International Brigades against Franco’s forces in the Spanish Civil War. 

Actor

Charlie Hamblett

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16 - 17 Jul, 2026

Red Sky at Sunrise: Laurie Lee in Words & Music · Orchestra of the Swan

Jul 16, 2026

Red Sky at Sunrise: Laurie Lee in Words and Music · Southbank Centre

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