yeovilliteraryfestival

THIS IS A YEOVIL LITERARY FESTIVAL 2022 EVENT
OCTAGON AUDITORIUM

Sheila Hancock: Old Rage - In Conversation

One of Britain’s best loved actors opens up about her ninth decade. Funny, feisty, honest, she makes for brilliant company as she talks about her life as a daughter, a sister, a mother, a widow, an actor, a friend and looks at a world so different from the wartime world of her childhood.

And yet – despite age, despite rage – she finds there are always reasons for joy. Sheila looked like she was managing old age. She had weathered and even thrived in widowhood, taking on acting roles that would have been demanding for a woman half her age. She had energy, friends, a devoted family, a lovely home. She could still remember her lines. So why, at 89, having sailed past supposedly disturbing milestones – 50, 70 even 80 – without a qualm, did she suddenly feel so furious?

Shocking diagnoses, Brexit and bereavement seemed to knock her from every quarter. And that was before lockdown. Home alone, classified as ‘extremely vulnerable’, she finds herself yelling at the TV and talking to the pigeons. But she can at least take a good long look at life – her work and family, her beliefs (many of them the legacy of her wartime childhood) and, uncomfortable as it might be to face, her future.

Tickets: £12
Footlights: Discount Applies

Tickets & Book: £20

A £1 ticket levy is included in all stated ticket prices.

Yeovil Literary Festival Events last approximately 60 minutes.