Previews start next week for the stage version of Sebastian Faulks' novel about the World War One, Birdsong.

It was first published 17 years ago and is now considered a modern classic, but this will be its first appearance on stage or screen.

Sanchia Berg spoke to Sebastian Faulks and playwright Rachel Wagstaff about the project.

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