{"id":2205,"date":"2019-03-08T21:32:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T21:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2205"},"modified":"2019-03-08T19:47:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T19:47:17","slug":"lucy-fleming-and-simon-williams-take-posting-letters-to-the-moon-show-to-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2019\/03\/08\/lucy-fleming-and-simon-williams-take-posting-letters-to-the-moon-show-to-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy Fleming and Simon Williams take Posting Letters To The Moon show to New York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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LUCY FLEMING AND Simon Williams will travel to New York in May to perform a three-week run of their acclaimed narrated two-hander <\/strong>Posting Letters to the Moon<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ninety-minute show offers a “romantic, funny, and touching portrait of life during the early 1940s featuring readings of wartime letters between Oscar- nominated actress Celia Johnson (Brief Encounter<\/em>) and her explorer and writer husband Peter Fleming (brother of James Bond creator Ian Fleming).”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posting Letters to the Moon<\/em> will feature of part of the “Brits Off Broadway 2019” season which aims to introduce New York theatre audiences. to innovative new productions from the world of British theatre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York run of the show opens at the 59E59 Theatres venue on Tuesday 14 May 2019<\/strong> and continues daily (excluding Mondays) until Sunday 2 June 2019<\/strong> (with matinee and evening shows on Saturdays). Tickets can be purchased online from the 59E59 Theatres<\/a> site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Show Info<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Compiled by Lucy Fleming
With Lucy Fleming and Simon Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posting Letters To The Moon<\/strong><\/em> is a romantic, funny, and touching portrait of life during the early 1940s featuring readings of wartime letters between Oscar- nominated actress Celia Johnson (Brief Encounter<\/em>) and her explorer and writer husband Peter Fleming (brother of James Bond creator Ian Fleming).

Their daughter, Lucy Fleming, alongside her own husband, Simon Williams, reads these touching and amusing letters that tell of Celia\u2019s experiences during the war: coping with a large isolated house full of evacuated children, learning to drive a tractor, dealing with rationing, holidays in Cornwall where she took to surfing, and all the while accepting offers, when she could get away, to act \u2014 for David Lean, No\u00ebl Coward, wartime propaganda films, and ultimately starring in the classic film Brief Encounter<\/em>.
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59E59  Theatres
59 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022
USA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to, and following, their appearance at the festival in New York, Fleming and Williams continue performances of the show in the UK with dates at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n