Posting Letters to the Moon

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND AFTER A SELL-OUT PERFORMANCE AT THE TABARD LAST OCTOBER

An afternoon of wartime letters between the actress Celia Johnson and her husband Peter Fleming read by their daughter, Lucy Fleming, and Simon Williams.

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 police-woman and all the while accepting offers, when she could get away, to act – for David Lean, Noel Coward, wartime propaganda films and broadcasts, and ultimately in 1945 starring in the classic 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.

Not only are the letters highly engaging but they also provide a fascinating historical insight into a time of true austerity and fearfulness.

“It was a joy to discover these letters, and I hope you will find them as funny and moving as I do.”
Lucy Fleming

“Theatrical Gem”
British Theatre Guide

“I wasn’t prepared for how funny the letters were, nor how touching. Those war years seem to have formed one of those rare Elizabethan-like pockets of time which imbues everyone with humour, articulacy, honesty.”
Nicholas Shakespeare

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BOOKING: Click on the seating plan below to book online. Please note row H, the back row, is high bench seating. Alternatively call 020 8995 6035 (leave a message if you can’t get through and we will return your call).

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RUNNING TIME: Approx. 80 minutes, no interval

LATECOMERS: Due to the design of the auditorium, latecomers cannot be admitted once the performance has started.