Award-winning composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber is the latest name to join the line-up for The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival this weekend.
Andrew is appearing with Geoffrey Robertson QC in the Profumo affair event, viagra 100mg ‘Stephen Ward was Innocent, sales Ok’, diagnosis on Saturday, October 4.
Andrew has detailed knowledge of the Profumo affair, having written the musical Stephen Ward and presented a TV documentary about him.
Stephen Ward was centred on his involvement with Christine Keeler and their chance meeting in a West End night club that led to one of the most sensational political trials of the 20th century.
Literature Festival Director Jane Furze said: “Andrew Lloyd Webber is a fantastic addition to the Literature Festival programme, which already boasts a stellar line-up. Andrew’s interpretation of this notorious scandal will offer a fascinating dimension to the event and I’m sure audiences will be keen to ask him questions about his writing process for Stephen Ward.”
As well as Stephen Ward, Andrew Lloyd Webber is the composer of musicals including, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, By Jeeves, Evita, Tell Me On A Sunday, Cats, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down the Wind, The Beautiful Game, The Woman in White Love Never Dies and is currently working on a stage musical of the movie School of Rock.
His awards include seven Tonys, three Grammys including Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Requiem, seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, two International Emmys, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre, a BASCA Fellowship and the Kennedy Center Honor.
Andrew is replacing Mandy Rice Davies who has unfortunately had to withdraw due to unforeseen circumstances.
As well as Andrew Lloyd Webber, the Literature Festival has made some other exciting additions to the programme, including a Rugby World Cup preview event on Monday, October 6 with Kingsholm and International stars Billy Twelvetrees, John Afoa, Greg Laidlaw and Gloucester Rugby CEO Stephen Vaughan.
On Saturday, October 11, the Festival will also be hosting a special Booker Prize event with all six writers on this year’s Man Booker shortlist: Joshua Ferris, Richard Flanagan, Karen Joy Fowler, Howard Jacobson, Neel Mukherjee and Ali Smith.
The Booker Shortlist selects some of the most exciting names in contemporary fiction and they’ll be meeting at Cheltenham for the first time to discuss and read from their shortlisted novels and answer questions before the prize is awarded on Tuesday, October 14.
For tickets, visit cheltenhamfestivals.com or call 0844 880 8094.