Michael Morpurgo’s wonderful storytelling and Jim Broadbent’s compelling performance combine to tell this true story against the epic backdrop of World War Two. Francis Cammaerts Jim Broadbent and Michael Morpurgo happen to be all part of the same family so this production is a very special collaboration bringing family members’ voices to life.Francis and Pieter are brothers. As the shadow of one war lingers and the rumbles of another approach the brothers argue. Francis is a fierce pacifist while Pieter signs up to fight. What happens next will change the course of Francis’s life forever… and throw him into the mouth of the wolf.For fans of Philip Pullman (The Firework Maker's Daughter) Katherine Rundell (The Wolf Wilder) Louis Sachar (Sideways Stories From Wayside School) Dick King-Smith (The Fox Busters) and Elizabeth Laird (Welcome to Nowhere).