THE incredible true story of a woman forced to adopt the identity of her dead husband in order to survive in Nazi Germany comes vividly to life in Man to Man at Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

Manfred Karge’s acclaimed one woman play, tells the life story of Ella Gericke, who lived with her husband Max until one day he died.

Compromising her own identity for survival, Ella is plunged into a new masculine world of beer, schnapps and poker; a claustrophobic existence dominated by the fear of discovery and the changing face of authority in a volatile 20th Century Germany.

Shunted from one memory to another, the audience experiences the full force of this all-consuming one-woman play, confronting the horror of the Second World War from a unique and deeply personal perspective.

Packed with lucid movement, beautiful projection and nerve-hitting video, Man to Man is a raw and vividly immersive piece of theatre.

Translated by award-winning playwright, Alexandra Wood, this new version unites the talents of a multi-Olivier and Tony award-winning creative team, led by directors Bruce Guthrie and Scott Graham

Bruce Guthrie said: "Man to Man is a series of fragmented memories that our protagonist Ella is remembering and re-living.

"She is a working class character with no sense of self pity: a hero in many ways who finds herself having to make life and death choices on a daily basis. I found that compelling when I first read the script. It is a familiar yet alien world.

"This version is about taking the audience on a sensory journey, evoking different reactions based on the series of potent memories explored.”

The pay runs from September 26 to 30.

For tickets and more information, call the box office on 0121 236 4455 or go to birmingham-rep.co.uk.