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Bruno has a friend called Shmuel. Like Bruno, Shmuel is nine years old. Their birthdays are on the same day. But Shmuel lives on the other side of a fence, and he's always wearing striped pyjamas... Based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a heart-wrenching tale of an unlikely friendship between two innocent boys. Angus Jackson's deeply affecting adaptation was produced by The Children's Touring Partnership and Chichester Festival Theatre on a UK tour in 2015. 'Heart-breaking... A marvelous piece of theatre.' The Public Reviews. 'Parents and teachers looking for a good way of introducing children to the horrors of the Holocaust will find what they need in this adaptation of John Boyne's multimillion-selling novel.' The Times.