Wednesday 16th October 2024
Doors Open: 6.30pm
Auditorium: 7pm
Show Starts: 7.30pm
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Tickets: £28.00
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Over a million British Empire soldiers died in the First World War, today, around half still lack known graves due to the scale of combat and conditions. Former RAF Tornado Navigator John Nichol delves into the story of the Unknown Warrior.
In an emotional personal journey, John Nichol retraces the Unknown Warrior’s journey home from the battlefields of Northern France to Westminster Abbey. In this remarkable and highly emotive theatrical experience, brought to life with haunting visuals, and an arousing sound scape, the audience will be taken back to these explosive times and experience the fervor of those that have gone before us.
“It is rare to find a tale so strange, intimate and human yet at the same time so enormous, so global in its importance. Yet again John Nichol impresses us with his ability to weave together the little details and the grand narrative.” – Dan Snow, Historian. Advance review of The Unknown Warrior – A Personal Journey of Discovery and Remembrance.
During his 15 years in the RAF, John Nichol flew Tornadoes in Air Defence and Ground Attack roles around the world. He and his pilot John Peters were shot down over Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War. Captured and tortured, they were paraded on TV, provoking worldwide condemnation, and leaving one of the enduring images of the conflict.
John is the bestselling author of 18 books, including Tornado Down (with John Peters), which describes their POW ordeal, and inspired an award-winning Channel 4 documentary. His most recent books, Spitfire, Lancaster, Tornado and EJECT! EJECT! have all been Sunday Times bestsellers.
John has made several TV films with Second World War veterans and is a widely quoted commentator on military affairs.
