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ilkley literature festival 10 with Skipton Building Society 123. Tuesday 12th October 6pm Manor House Close Reading 2: The poems of Jo Shapcott and Ruth Padel If you’ve ever read a poem and struggled to find a way into it, you can be sure you’re not the only one. Poet in Residence Antony Dunn offers a close reading workshop for those who’d like to know more about getting to the heart of a poem. A lively interactive workshop, exploring poems by poets appearing at the Festival. £5 See also event 49. Jenny Eclair 124. Tuesday 12th October 7.30pm Kings Hall Jenny Eclair: Chin Up Britain It’s time to return to basic commonsense and embrace a new austerity. In inimitable style, Jenny Eclair brings you hilarious tips for changing the way you live – from identifying your swappable skills (burying dead animals, tuning a freeview box) to a guide to gatecrashing. Much loved stand up comedian, first female winner of the Perrier award Jenny Eclair is co-creator of Grumpy Old Women. £9/7 Sponsored by Specsavers 125. Tuesday 12th October 7.30pm Ilkley Playhouse Wildman Our Billie: Ian Clayton Every parent’s worst nightmare became reality for well known broadcaster, Ian Clayton. On a short holiday his nine year old daughter Billie drowned. Our Billie is his story of how a family attempts to come to terms with something which makes no sense. Through memories of Billie and his wonderfully affectionate portrait of the Yorkshire town where the family has lived for generations, he weaves a story of loss and remembering, gratitude and forgiveness. £5/3 126. Tuesday 12th October 7.30pm Ilkley Playhouse Wharfeside Nearly Lear ‘Poignant, tragic, mischievous … and achingly funny’. King Lear, told by the King’s closest companion, his devoted clown, Norris. An emotional roller-coaster ride that confounds expectations of what a Shakespeare play should be, blending exuberant storytelling, music, song, and film alongside Shakespeare’s rich poetic text. An acclaimed one woman show by Canadian actor, Susanna Hamnett on tour from Toronto, directed by Edith Tankus of Kneehigh Theatre. £7/5 Family show adults and 10+. 127. Tuesday 12th October 9pm Ilkley Playhouse Wildman Votes for Women Nina Boyd’s illustrated reading of poems about the Suffragettes. FREE FRINGE EVENT See page 46 for full details. 128. Wednesday 13th October 3pm Rombalds Hotel Tea with Elizabeth Noble and William Nicholson What happens when your previous love makes a surprise reappearance? Is it time for a second chance … or should you walk away? Elizabeth Noble, author of five best-selling novels including The Reading Group and Things I Want My Daughters to Know, discusses love and betrayal with fellow author William Nicholson. Playwright, screen writer (Gladiator, Shadowlands, Elizabeth: The Golden Age) and novelist, Nicholson’s latest novel All the Hopeful Lovers, set eight years after The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life, sees Belinda, wistfully reflecting how she’d never be unfaithful to her husband … £6 includes cream tea 30
Box Office 01943 816714 www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk 129. Wednesday 13th October 7.30pm Craiglands Magnificent Seven: Yorkshire’s Golden Decade with Richard Hutton and Don Wilson Howzat! Seven championships, two Gillette cups. In one decade, by one team. Between 1959 and 1969, captained by Ronnie Burnet, Vic Wilson and Brian Close, Yorkshire won more trophies in a single decade than at any other time in the club’s illustrious history. Respected sports journalist Andrew Collomosse discusses memories of Yorkshire’s championship years with distinguished cricketers Richard Hutton and Don Wilson. (Brian Close might even drop in!) Andrew Collomosse, former deputy sports editor of the Daily Express in Manchester, has covered cricket for the Daily Telegraph and The Wisden Cricketer magazine. £7/5 Sponsored by Audley Clevedon 130. Wednesday 13th October 7.30pm Bettys Café Tea Rooms Jack Sheffield Following a delicious Bettys twocourse Yorkshire supper, sit back as author, former teacher and lecturer in education Jack Sheffield regales you with wonderful stories of his days as a village primary school head in North Yorkshire, from struggles with the new fangled typewriter to the village Panto. £29.95 including a two-course set meal, followed by tea or coffee Tickets only from Bettys Café Tea Rooms Ilkley 01943 608029 131. Wednesday 13th October 7.30pm Ilkley Playhouse Wildman Mrs Gaskell’s ‘Nice American’: the Ilkley Connection In the summer of 1865, Mrs Gaskell recorded an unexpected visit from ‘a very nice American’. The visitor spent several hours in conversation with the renowned Victorian novelist, and remembered it as ‘the most pleasant visit … I think I had anywhere’. Hitherto, the visitor’s identity has remained a mystery. But Ilkley historian Mike Dixon reveals an explanation with a local connection, in this illustrated talk. £5/3 Sir Michael Parkinson 132. Thursday 14th October 7.30pm Kings Hall Michael Parkinson For three decades Sir Michael Parkinson interviewed the movers and shakers of the late twentieth century on his flagship BBC programme, singing with Bing Crosby and sparring with Muhammad Ali. Born near Barnsley and originally a journalist on the Manchester Guardian and Daily Express, Parkinson presented TV-am and hosted Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs in the course of a long and distinguished career. £12/10 Sponsored by Welcome to Yorkshire 133. Thursday 14th October 7.30 pm Ilkley Playhouse Wildman David Nobbs David Nobbs, the celebrated creator of Reggie Perrin and TV sitcom A Bit Of A Do, has been described by Jonathan Coe as ‘probably our finest post-war comic novelist’. His latest novel, Obstacles To Young Love, spans thirty years and is a sweet and typically humorous story of love, faith and taxidermy. £5/3 134. Thursday 14th October 7.30pm Ilkley Playhouse Wharfeside Blake Morrison: The Last Weekend Blake Morrison’s compelling new psychological thriller is the chilling story of a rivalrous friendship. Each day a series of challenges for higher and higher stakes. Tonight the celebrated Skipton-born author talks about the impulse behind this haunting tale of friendship, sexual passion and jealousy. Poet, novelist and playwright, Morrison is former literary editor of the Observer and Professor of Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths College. £6/4 Blake Morrison 31
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