Ben Okri, Madame Sosostris & the Festival for the Broken Hearted
Part vision, part mystery, this story of a midsummer night’s madness, in multi-award-winning poet, playwright and novelist Ben Okri’s inimitable style, is as alive with echoes and reverberations as the enchanted forest itself. Think Ingmar Bergman meets William Shakespeare, with a dash of Mozart.
This event will be chaired by Dr Jak Peake from University of Essex.
This event will include an audience Q&A and after the event there will be an opportunity to get your book signed by the author.
‘Ben Okri is that rare thing, a literary and social visionary..’ – Ali Smith
Tickets: £12 / £10 concessions (Students, Under 27s and Unwaged)
Box Office: essexbookfestival.org.uk or Mercury Theatre 01206 573948
Book tickets here
Celebrating Collecting Dreams, Shifting Futures
Wednesday 28th May, Harwich
During the day on Wednesday 28 May, Essex Book Festival will be hosting a series of workshops, walks and film-screenings in Harwich as part of the finale of our collaborative story-gathering project, Collecting Dreams, Shifting Futures.
For more information about the activities taking place on this day visit essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/celebrating-collecting-dreams-shifting-futures/.
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