Upcoming events
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MAY 17
The Unquiet Conservative: Michael Heseltine with Polly Toynbee at Charleston Festival
Few figures in British politics have loomed as large, or proved as unpredictable, as Michael Heseltine. Under Margaret Thatcher and John Major, he was a central player in government across several decades, but rarely a quiet one. Throughout his career, he showed an instinct to break ranks and challenge orthodoxy, often at the expense of his own career...
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MAY 24
An Evening with Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber
In celebration of his 75th birthday, Elgar Festival Patron Julian Lloyd Webber joins forces with his wife and fellow cellist Jiaxin in a fascinating ‘double sided’ programme. With a first half of live music exploring the extraordinary reasons why Bach’s sublime Cello Suites remained unperformed for two hundred years, the second half sees Julian embark...
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MAY 25
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories: What We Talk About When We Talk About the JFK Assassination with Martin Fitzgerald
This is not a book about conspiracies or a lone gunman. This is a book about memory, about how we construct our shared history, and about what happens when your life is defined by a single, fleeting moment. It’s about a group of real people who opted out of the main event before John F. Kennedy was assassinated, only to find themselves accidental witnesses...
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AUG 07
Martin Fitzgerald's The Umbrella Man at The Edinburgh Fringe
Dallas, 22 November 1963. The main event is supposed to be on Main Street – crowds fifty deep, a blizzard of ticker tape. A few blocks away in Dealey Plaza, the scene is quieter: a handful of people, clear skies. A man with an umbrella. A woman with a polaroid. A dressmaker with vertigo. These are the strange, true stories of the ordinary people who...
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