Jessica Swale with Deborah Frances-White
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Jessica Swale with Deborah Frances-White
A Year of Creative Thinking
Olivier Award-winning playwright of Blue Stockings, Nell Gwynn and Paddington the musical shares her inspiring and open-hearted practices to kickstart imagination and spark joy.
The much-admired theatre director and screenwriter extends an invitation to carve out a space for creativity in our lives – showing how it can be game-changing. Jessica will be in conversation with Deborah Frances-White, the award-winning screenwriter, author and comedian who’s best known for The Guilty Feminist podcast.
‘It’s about art and the importance of finding your voice.’
Zooey Deschanel
About the Authors
Jessica Swale is an Olivier Award-winning playwright, screenwriter and director. Most recently, she has written the book for Paddington: The Musical with songwriter Tom Fletcher. She set up Red Handed Theatre Company in 2005, directing The Rivals (starring Celia Imrie) and The Belle’s Stratagem for which she was nominated for Best Director. She has directed at The Park, Shakespeare’s Globe, The Watermill and theatres across the US and Canada.
Deborah Frances-White is a Sunday Times best selling author and an award winning screenwriter, author, comedian who’s best known for The Guilty Feminist podcast. Her new book about divisions in society and how to heal them, published by Virago, is called Six Conversations We’re Scared to Have.
Under-30s tickets : £17.50