Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards The Somme

The award-winning play by acclaimed Irish playwright Frank McGuinness follows eight young men of the 36th (Ulster) Division from their enlistment to their death in the carnage of the battle of the Somme on July 1st, 1916.

A play by Frank McGuinness
Directed by Johanna Freundlich
Stage design by Lucie Kuropatová and Sanna-Mari Pirkola

Finnish premiere at the Theatre Academy, Helsinki, Finland, August 22nd, 2002

Photo: Oskari Perkki as Kenneth Pyper