A Celebration of Harold Pinter

Leicester University Theatre (LUT) will perform a range of extracts from Harold Pinter’s plays at 6pm on Saturday 14 November at the University of Leicester.

The second Literary Leicester Festival is taking place from Wednesday 11th- Saturday 14th November at the University of Leicester’s David Wilson Library, and will include an exciting array of events to celebrate the written word.

A Celebration of Harold Pinter is one highlight of this year’s Festival, bringing together students and academics to pay tribute to the late writer and playwright.
Leicester University Theatre (LUT) has developed a strong reputation as an innovative and exciting acting group. They recently received critical acclaim for a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe.

LUT will perform extracts from Pinter’s The Homecoming, The Birthday Party and Mountain Language. There will also be an interlude and discussion with Martin Stannard, Professor of Modern English Literature in the University’s School of English, during the evening.

Nerissa Tilouche, an undergraduate who is directing the performance, said:
“A Celebration of Harold Pinter will look at Pinter’s political development and how he changed as a writer as his prestige and political activity grew. This will be done by looking at extracts and poems from his great body of work focused on this adjustment.

This hour allows the audience to have a peep hole into Pinter’s work and political stance.”
A Celebration of Harold Pinter is part of a series of events at the Leicester Literary Festival.

Other Festival highlights will the distinguished critic, reviewer, broadcaster and author John Carey on ‘William Golding: How Novels Happen’ (11th November); and a panel of four of the UK’s most exciting professional writers for television (12th November), who will discuss how they entered the profession, how television scripts are commissioned, and opportunities for young writers.

Equally unmissable are ‘An Evening with R J Ellory’ (14th November), whose latest book The Anniversary Man is published in September 2009; Sarah Waters, award-winning author of Tipping the Velvet and The Night Watch speaking at ‘Sarah Waters in Conversation with Emma Parker’ (12th November); acclaimed children’s writer Jacqueline Wilson reading from her latest book Hetty Feather (14th November); award winning author Meg Rosoff talking about her upcoming novel, The Bride’s Farewell (14th November); and for lover’s of traditional tales Pekko’s Puppets will perform Red Riding Hood and The Princess and the Pea (14th November).

All events are free of charge, but for some entry is by ticket only. For tickets please contact Rebecca Vickerman on 0116 252 2320 or rv40@le.ac.uk. Full details of all events can be found on: www.le.ac.uk/literaryleicester.

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