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I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS BY MICHAEL MORPURGO

I Believe in Unicorns 2105 at Vaudeville Theatre Photo Credit: Richard Davenport. Award-winning storyteller Danyah Miller brings best-selling children’s author Michael Morpurgo’s treasured story to life. This intimate show is set in a library full of books that hold more than stories within their pages. It is a tale of… Read More

Michael Morpurgo, A Lifetime In Stories

Michael Morpurgo, A Lifetime In Stories Museum of Childhood, London: 22 July 2017 – 25 February 2018 Museum of Somerset: 17 March – 7 July 2018 The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock: August – Dec 2018 Leeds City Museum: Spring 2019 Burton at Bideford, Devon Summer 2019… Read More

New Michael Morpurgo story to be performed at Passchendaele event

A new exclusive short story by Michael Morpurgo will be performed in Belgium to mark the centenary of the First World War’s battle of Passchedaele. Michael’s live reading of From Farm Horse To War Horse, which he wrote especially for the national commemorations on Sunday 30th July. The event will take place  at… Read More

FFCC fundraiser at King Alfred’s School!

Michael Morpurgo visited King Alfred’s School in North London, where he discussed both his writing and his charity work for Farms For City Children.  Michael and his wife Clare founded Farms for City Children in 1976 at Nethercott Farm, deep in Devon river country, and Michael has called the project… Read More

Michael Morpurgo & Judith Kerr in conversation

This summer, The Story Museum are offering a unique opportunity to hear two of the most beloved British children’s authors talk about the inspiration behind their work. Michael Morpurgo and Judith Kerr will be taking to the stage of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford to discuss how animals influence… Read More

VIP Reception and Performance of ‘Running Wild’

Join the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, June 2, for a VIP reception and reading from award-winning author Michael Morpurgo and Q&A before a performance of his novel Running Wild, which was recently adapted for the stage by Samuel Adamson. Directed by artistic director Timothy Sheader and original Chichester director Dale Rooks, with puppetry design and… Read More