Poems from around the world, including those of Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer, who won the 2011 Nobel prise for literature in 2011, and German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht will be performed by three actor-musicians in Beyond The Water’s Edge, a new touring production by Midland Creative Projects that will be premiered at the Belgrade theatre in Coventry on Friday 1 July.

The works also include stories of migration and asylum, particularly from the Middle East and Africa. Jonathan Davidson, executive producer, said: “Poetry is becoming an increasingly important way for us to speak about our times. The poems in this production offer us life with all its joys and challenges – there are poems to make us laugh and poems to make us reflect.” More details