'Posting Letters to the Moon' with Lucy Fleming and Simon Williams, live this Saturday at Marlwood Drama Hall - Thornbury Arts Festival

Join us for an evening of wartime letters between actress Celia Johnson and her husband Peter Fleming read by their daughter, Lucy Fleming, and Simon Williams (Justin Elliott in BBC Radio 4’s The Archers).

These touching and amusing letters from Celia to her husband tell of her experiences during the war – from coping with a large isolated house full of evacuated children, learning to drive a tractor, dealing with rationing, becoming an auxiliary policewoman and all the while accepting offers, when she could get away, to act. In 1945 she starred in the film Brief Encounter, for which she received an Oscar nomination.

Peter Fleming was away for most of the war - he writes about his adventures and trials working on deception in India and the Far East.

The letters are highly engaging and also provide a fascinating historical insight into a time of true austerity and fearfulness.

Lucy and Simon will be performing the show as part of Thornbury Arts Festival.

If you haven't booked your tickets and would like to do so, please visit: https://tickets.thornburyartsfestival.org.uk/product_info.php?cPath=137&products_id=2011

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Venue: Marlwood Drama Hall

Date: Saturday, 30th September 19:30pm

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