Wednesday, March 20, 2013

An Evening with Michael Morpurgo


Michael Morpurgo, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE

Monday 25 March, 5.30pm

ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre
Free, bookings essential


The New York Times best-selling author takes you on his journey with War Horse, starting with tales of his childhood in a bombed out London during World War II, to years later when during a chance conversation with a World War I veteran in a Devon pub he learned of the role of horses on the front lines of the Great War.

This conversation inspired him to write a novel about World War I England, France and Germany seen through the eyes of its protagonist, a horse named Joey.

That novel, War Horse, would years later be adapted for the theatre by playwright Nick Stafford with the Handspring Puppet Company, directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, and become a world-wide stage phenomenon.

Running Time: 1 hour approximately

Ticketing Information: Free ticketed event. Bookings essential.

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Footnote:
The Bookman has just seen War Horse in London, what a truly astonishing show it was too. I will have to read Michael Morpurgo's book again now.

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