Michael Morpurgo to make guest appearance at BarnFest outdoor theatre festival

Pictured: Michael Morpurgo & Iwan Lewis

Best-selling author Michael Morpurgo will make a guest appearance at the Barn Theatre’s outdoor theatre festival, BarnFest, on 17 August.

The author will be present for a post-show Q&A session, following the opening night of Private Peaceful: his novel adapted for the stage by Simon Reade.

The new outdoor theatre production of Private Peaceful will run at BarnFest from 17-22 August, directed by Alexander Knott and starring Emily Costello (Hedgehog, Loop) & James Demaine (Loop, Buried).

The Q&A session will see Morpurgo discuss his ongoing relationship with the Barn Theatre, the process behind writing Private Peaceful and bringing it to the stage, as well as answering questions submitted by the general public.

The Private Peaceful novel received international acclaim and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, won the Red House Children’s Book Award and won the Blue Peter Book Award.

The world premiere of Vicki Berwick’s stage adaptation of Morpurgo’s The Mozart Question was due to be in rehearsals at the theatre, to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, however due to the global pandemic it has been postponed until further notice.

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