The Felixstowe Book Festival is nearly here, loved by authors and audiences alike, it is a weekend celebration of the written word – and this year takes place from 26th – 30th June at various venues across Felixstowe in Suffolk.
One session will really appeal to theatre goers and theatre makers in the county.
Sunday 30 June 1.30 -2.30 pm
Dominic Dromgoole Astonish Me!: First Nights That Changed the World
Astonish Me! is an adrenaline-charged rollercoaster through history’s seismic first nights. We are transported to the birth of theatre in fifth-century Athens; to Paris to meet Diaghilev and Stravinsky for the Rite of Spring; to Renaissance Florence; to the Sex Pistols shattering Thatcherite Britain at Manchester’s Free Trade Hall; watch as Hitchcock directs Psycho and many more first nights.
Dominic was the Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe from 2006 to 2016. His time there included the Globe to Globe Festival, which hosted companies from 37 different countries and culminated in a two-year tour of Hamlet to almost every country in the world. He is the author of Hamlet Globe to Globe, Will & Me: How Shakespeare Took Over My Life, and The Full Room: An A-Z of Contemporary Playwriting. He is a regular contributor to the Guardian, New Statesman, and Sunday Times (UK)
Dominic will be interviewed by Catherine Larner.
To book tickets for this session click this link to go to the website.
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