Artist/Event Name: From Nwubury with Love
Venue: Corn Exchange
Time: 07:45pm
Opening Date: 09/03/2011
Closing Date: 12/03/2011
Town/City: Newbury
Country: Berkshire
Postcode: RG14 5BD United Kingdom
Official Ticket Price: £12/£10
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From Newbury with Love tells the intimate true story of daily life in two very different worlds during a fascinating period of social and political history.
1971 – In the depths of the Cold War, 7 year old Marina, the daughter of an imprisoned Soviet dissident living in Moldova, received a postcard from across the Iron Curtain that changed her family’s life. It simply read “With love from Newbury. Berks. England. Harold and Olive.”
Prompted by the Amnesty International letter-writing campaign the postcard was sent by 73-year-old Newbury resident Harold Edwards and his wife, Olive; so began a 15-year written correspondence and friendship between the families.
“Because my father was imprisoned in a gulag, for running an illegal printing press, people were afraid to talk to us, it was a very lonely life. To receive these letters was a sign that someone cared.” Marina Aidova
From Newbury with Love will also include performances from Newbury Youth Theatre and pupils from the Aleccu Russo school in Chisinau, Moldova, who have been taking part in a cultural exchange and Facebook communication.
RedCape Theatre is an award winning physical theatre company committed to telling true stories that matter, move and entertain. Their unique visual, physical storytelling and original writing has been acclaimed by audiences and critics nationwide.
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