AN evocative and through-providing work featuring the story of two now famous First World War poets comes to the Cardigan stage next week.

The latest work from Swansea-based Frapetsus Productions features Tom McLeod and Jack Llewellyn as war poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon.

Stephen MacDonald's moving and intriguing play Not About Heroes tells the story of the friendship formed between the duo during their time together at a war hospital for those with 'nervous diseases'.

In 1917, at the height of the First World War, poet and soldier Siegfried Sassoon was admitted to Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh, officially for treatment for shellshock, but in truth because he had published his ‘Soldier’s Declaration’, denouncing the conduct of the war by the British establishment.

During his time there he met Wilfred Owen, who was actually suffering with shellshock and was accused of cowardice following the death of his lieutenant during battle in France.

The two developed a special friendship from their shared love of poetry.

When Owen was killed in action, a year later, aged 25, just before the end of the Great War, only five of his poems had been published.

Yet he was to become one of the most significant poets of the twentieth century. Most of his war poems are based on his experiences in front line service in what was said to be the worst winter France had known for 40 years.

This play examines how the two poets’ friendship unlocked Owen’s genius and is a profoundly moving play about the nature of friendship, love and the art of war.

Not About Heroes comes to Theatr Mwldan on Wednesday, November 11 at 7.30pm.

Tickets are £13 (£12) and are available to book from Theatr Mwldan’s box office on 01239 621200, online or via smart phone at www.mwldan.co.uk