When a young mother speaks out against the Taliban, she and her husband are forced to flee their home and country with their three sons.  Embarking on a long and terrifying journey across Russia and through Europe, they seek final refuge in the UK.  But, as their eldest son’s life-threatening heart condition worsens and requires urgent surgery, their escape soon becomes a race against time.  Amit Sharma directs this widely acclaimed stage version of The Boy with Two Hearts (BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week). Based on extraordinary real-life experiences, it is a powerful story of hope, courage, and humanity – and a heartfelt tribute to the NHS.

National Theatre Live: The Boy With Two Hearts

As war rages, a young man from a nearby village is recruited by an army officer to perform a grim task, to go into the conflict zone where militants have been killed and retrieve their weapons and ID cards.