Festival Programme
Sunday's Events
| Event | Description | Time | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| David McKee | Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Elmer, everyone’s favourite patchwork elephant, David McKee will read from his latest book Elmer’s Special Day. A very ... | 10:00 am | ADC Theatre |
| Roy Hattersley | Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (1983-92), author and journalist, Roy Hattersley will discuss In Search of England, a charming, first-person celebration of England ... | 11:30 am | ADC Theatre |
| Margaret Drabble in conversation with Gillian Beer | Prize winning English novelist Margaret Drabble makes her Wordfest debut to discuss A Writer’s Britain, her highly praised personal appreciation of British writers and ... | 1:00 pm | ADC Theatre |
| Devising for Performance | Devising is the process of working with a group to turn an idea into a performable piece. Explore this creative technique with the young, ... | 1:00 pm | Various |
| Val McDermid & Mark Billingham | Two of our best loved and most prolific crime writers are here to discuss their latest books with Nicholas Wroe, writer and editor on ... | 2:30 pm | ADC Theatre |
| Ruth Rogers in conversation with Prue Leith | Ruth Rogers has been running the River Cafe for twenty-two years with Rose Gray. She will talk about their newly published The River Cafe ... | 4:00 pm | ADC Theatre |
| Anthony Giddens | Former Director of the London School of Economics, fellow of King’s College, Cambridge and prolific author of many texts including most famously The Third ... | 5:30 pm | ADC Theatre |
| Penelope Lively | Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively talks about the unexpected aspects of being a writer after 40 years of a life in books, and discusses ... | 7:00 pm | ADC Theatre |
| Wordfest Theatre: Woyzeck | Woyzeck is George Büchner’s famous unfinished play about a lowly soldier’s descent into murderous madness. By turns horrifi c and hilarious, this extraordinary ... | 8:30 pm | ADC Theatre |
| John O’Farrell | Witty irreverence from this comedy scriptwriter, journalist and ‘grumpy old man’. John O’ Farrell provides an enlightening and light-hearted account of all the stupid ... | 10:00 pm | ADC Theatre |
