Saturday 9th November Archives - Bridport Literary Festival

Event 35 | Andrew Pierce | Finding Margaret

£15.00

Andrew Pierce - Finding Margaret - Solving the Mystery of my Birth Mother
Approaching fifty, journalist and broadcaster, Andrew Pierce, tells the moving story about his search for his birth mother. He had lived in an orphanage in Cheltenham for more than two years until his adoption by a loving family who nurtured him. As his career flourished and despite feeling a sense of betrayal to his adoptive parents, Pierce tentatively began to search for his biological mother, only to find that she had done everything she could to ensure he would never find her. Finding Margaret is a heartwarming and candid tale of both heartbreak and reconciliation. in conversation with Gill Pyrah Priority booking - Become a Friend - Contact TIC Bridport to book tickets - 01308 424901

When: Saturday 9th November 2024 @ 10.00 am

Where: Electric Palace

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Event 36 | Daisy Goodwin | Diva

£15.00

Daisy Goodwin - Diva
In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world of opera, Maria Callas is known simply as La Divina: the divine one. With her glorious voice and instinctive flair for the dramatic, she was the toast of the grandest international opera houses. Raised in Nazi-occupied Greece by an exploitative mother, her rise to fame came at a price. Daisy Goodwin brings to life a woman with extraordinary talent, unremitting drive and natural chic that made her a legend. By confronting the heartbreak of losing her lover Onassis to Jacqueline Kennedy, Callas found her true voice. in conversation with Georgina Moore Priority booking - Become a Friend - Contact TIC Bridport to book tickets - 01308 424901

When: Saturday 9th November 2024 @ 12 noon

Where: Electric Palace

Sponsored by: Emma Farquharson

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Event 37 | Patrick Grant | Less

£15.00

SOLD OUT - Patrick Grant - Less - Stop Buying So Much Rubbish. How Having Fewer, Better Things Can Make Us Happier
Clothes are important. They define who we are, impact our mood and influence how people think of us. Last year 100 billion garments were made worldwide, most workers paid virtually nothing and 70% from plastic textiles made from oils that do not not recycle. Less is Patrick Grant’s passionate and revealing book about loving clothes but hating how they are made. Judge of the BBC’s Great British Sewing Bee, he considers the crisis in the global fashion industry and how to set it right. in conversation with Helen Stiles Priority booking - Become a Friend - Contact TIC Bridport to book tickets - 01308 424901

When: Saturday 9th November 2024 @ 2.00 pm

Where: Electric Palace

Sponsored by: Angela and David Neuberger

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Event 38 | Bettany Hughes | The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

£15.00

SOLD OUT - Bettany Hughes - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid of Giza, The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Temple of Artemis, The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, The Mausoleum of Halikarnassos, The Colossus at Rhodes, The Lighthouse of Alexandria – The Seven Wonders of the World were staggeringly audacious and brilliant impositions on our planet. Award winning historian, author and broadcaster, Bettany Hughes gives us a thrilling narrative enriched with the latest archaeological discoveries and takes us on a journey through the landscapes of both ancient and modern time to explore traces of the Wonders themselves. an illustrated talk Priority booking - Become a Friend - Contact TIC Bridport to book tickets - 01308 424901

When: Saturday 9th November 2024 @ 4.00 pm

Where: Electric Palace

Sponsored by: Alastair and Susanne Cooper Francesca Radcliffe

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Event 39 | Simon Russell Beale | A Piece of Work

£15.00

Simon Russell Beale - A Piece of Work - Playing Shakespeare and Other Stories
One of the nation’s finest and most beloved actors, Simon Russell Beale relates his life through a career playing Shakespeare. Ever since his appearance at school as a glamorous Desdemona, complete with false eyelashes, he has been captivated by the Bard. In A Piece of Work, Beale tries to get under the skin of the playwright and find out what interested him. Was Shakespeare an instinctive ‘conservative’ or, rather, gently subversive? Funny and touching about his own family and early life, Beale writes about the parallels with some Shakespeare characters as well as sharing his thoughts about the creative people he counts as friends. in conversation with Jo Willett Priority booking - Become a Friend - Contact TIC Bridport to book tickets - 01308 424901

When: Saturday 9th November 2024 @ 6.00 pm

Where: Electric Palace

Sponsored by: Liz and Richard Strang

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Special Event | The Stray Dog Jammers | Rhino

£10.00

The Stray Dog Jammers - Rhino - Devised adaptation of Eugene Ionesco’s Rhinoceros
Dorset based The Stray Dog Jammers presents an adaptation of the post war avant-garde absurdist drama. Written in response to the upsurge of Fascism in the 1930s, Rhino explores the themes of conformity, culture, responsibility, logic, mass movements, mob mentality, philosophy and morality – all still highly relevant in today’s world. Its central character, Berenger, the non conformist who is the only one not to capitulate to the herd mentality, and the only one not to metamorphosize into a Rhinoceros. Priority booking - Become a Friend - Contact TIC Bridport to book tickets - 01308 424901

When: Saturday 9th November 2024 @ 8.00 pm

Where: The Lyric Theatre

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