Archive: Jan 2017

On Tuesday 17th January, HRH, The Princess Royal, visited Nethercott House to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Farms for City Children. Having arrived by helicopter, Princess Anne was greeted by the Lord Lieutenant and founders of the charity, Michael and Clare Morpurgo.   Princess Anne visited the piggery, the forest… Read More

Michael Morpurgo is joined by violinist Daniel Pioro and The Storyteller’s Ensemble to perform a unique adaptation of his book, The Mozart Question. Together they interweave words and music, to tell his haunting tale of survival against the odds, set against the background of the Holocaust. Simon Reade adapted… Read More

Michael Morpurgo’s  tale Why the Whales Came, will be brought to life by award-winning performer and storyteller, Danyah Miller, at the Imagine Children’s Festival on the 17th February 2017 at London’s Royal Festival Hall, Southbank. The event is sure to delight and will be completed by a… Read More

From 14 – 18 March 2017 a one-man stage adaptation of Private Peaceful will be performed at the John Cooper Studio Theatre, York. Private Peaceful tells the story of a young First World War soldier as he recalls his childhood memories while waiting for dawn on the Western Front. George Stagnell plays… Read More