On Angel Wings

A unique Christmas concert in support of Farms for City Children.

A re-telling of the nativity by Michael Morpurgo, Prunella Scales and Timothy West with Carols sung by Coope Boyes and Simpson, Fi Fraser, Jo Freya and Georgina Boyes.

Saturday 18th December 2010
6.00-7.00pm
Southwark Cathedral
London Bridge.

This magical, one-off concert will be based around Michael Morpurgo’s book On Angel Wings, illustratred by Quentin Blake, which tells the Christmas story through the eyes of a young shepherd boy. Proceeds will go to Farms for City Children, the charity founded thirty years ago by Michael and Clare Morpurgo.

Tickets are £20 for adults and £10 for children of 14 or under. To book tickets please call 01837-55876 or visit www.farmsforcitychildren.org.

With the kind support of the United St Saviours Charity.

For further information contact Catherine Steinmann,

07811 378751 email: catherine@catherinesteinmann.co.uk.

Michael Morpurgo is one of the UK’s best-loved children’s authors. He has written well over 100 books for children, including Kensuke’s Kingdom, which won the Children’s Book award in 2000, and War Horse, which was adapted for an award winning stage production at the National Theatre and then the West End.

Michael was appointed Children’s Laureate in 2003 and was awarded an OBE for his services to Literature in 2007. Michael has recently presented BBC Radio 4’s flagship programme, The Invention of Childhood. His most recent novel is Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea.

Farms for City Children was founded by Michael Morpurgo and his wife, Clare thirty years ago at Nethercott Farm in Devon. The charity now owns three working farms, where groups of schoolchildren and their teachers stay for a week at a time, getting involved in all aspects of farm life.

The children come from cities and towns around the country.  Their farm visit is a unique and magical experience, where together they learn about teamwork, about country life, about food and where it comes from – amongst many, many other things.  For further information call Helen Chaloner on 01837-810573.