Posted on October 8, 2010 in:
Speaking Dates|Comments Off on October 2010 – *News & Upcoming Talks*
A short break in August, a spell of server crashes & a working trip to New York in September have kept me away from the site, but to keep you updated…
NEW BOOK
Sorry, I’m British! co-written with Adam Russ, with illustrations by the legendary Ed McLachlan has just been published by Oneworld… the perfect Christmas gift book, some might say…
UPCOMING SHAKESPEARE TALKS
October
10th, 7.30pm — Lichfield Festival
11th, 1.30pm — Cheltenham Literature Festival
13th — Glebelands School, Surrey
14th, 7pm — Wells Literature Festival
November
3rd, 7pm — Warwick Books, Lord Leycesters Hospital
9th — Cokethorpe School, Witney
16th – Lunchtime Talk, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
28th, 12.15pm — Closing Plenary, TESOL Paris
Posted on August 12, 2010 in:
Speaking Dates|Comments Off on Lear, Austria; The Reader’s Organisation, London; Swanwick Writer’s Summer School, Swanwick…
A tremendous 15 or so days in Styria, Austria, playing Edgar in King Lear, in the courtyard of a Medieval castle. Pictures have been posted on Twitter & Facebook, and will be up here on the Gallery soon…
A few days after coming back to London, I gave a talk to a group with The Readers Organisation, dedicated to helping bring literature to disadvantaged and homeless members of society. They were off to see The Comedy of Errors at the Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, and I spoke with the group for an hour or so, introducing them to the play and Shakespeare in general. A kind bit of feedback, from one of the play-goers:
She was telling several people after the group today how much she had enjoyed the day. She especially loved the session with Ben and told us how she had been very nervous about going to a Shakespeare play and had been thinking it was a mistake to go. She said his easy forthright way of talking was very comfortable and his advice to not worry about the words and just enjoy it was fantastic and put her very much at ease. She said she phoned her father and told him she had been to a Shakespeare play and asked him if he was proud of her….Her excitement was palpable.
Now to the wonderful folk at The Swanwick Writer’s Summer School for the second year, to give their last night, after-dinner talk…
