A stellar cast of celebrities has raised more than £65,000 for a cancer charity with a Christmas concert in Oxford shown online. A group of nine local volunteers wanted to continue to fundraise for Macmillan Cancer Support despite coronavirus. They knew they would not be able to stage the usual annual event in Christ Church Cathedral so they decided to organise a fundraising concert which could be shown online instead. The online concert featured numerous celebrities who volunteered to take part, including Joanna Lumley and Stephen Fry, and was appropriately named Follow the Stars.
Stephen Fry Organisers said they were delighted the concert had been so successful, maintaining a festive fundraising tradition dating back 24 years.
Macmillan Cancer Support premier star-studded show The impressive line-up of celebrities includes Sinead Cusack (King Lear, V for Vendetta,), Stephen Fry (actor, writer, host of QI and so much more), Jeremy Irons (Watchmen, Red Sparrow and Brideshead Revisited), Max Irons (Condor, The Wife, The Riot Club), Toby Jones, (Uncle Vanya, the Detectorists), Greg Wise (The Crown, Military Wives, Sense and Sensibility) and poet Benjamin Zephaniah (Reggae Head, Library Ology, Talking Turkeys). The concert is filmed partly in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and also at the homes of many of the celebrities – viewers will, for example, get the chance to marvel at Stephen Fry’s spectacular library.
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