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Antony Woodward
The Garden in the Clouds
Evento 613 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 8.50am • Sede del evento: Elmley Foundation Theatre
The hilarious and inspiring story of one man’s unlikely quest to create out of a mountainous Welsh landscape a garden fit for inclusion in the prestigious Yellow Book. A comic masterpiece.
In association with The National Trust
Julia Hobsbawm, Peter York, Chris Parry, Bronwen Maddox and Alice Sherwood
EI Breakfast
Evento 34 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 9am • Sede del evento: Llwyfan Cymru - Wales Stage
The Editorial Intelligence director and her guests analyse the media stories and comment of the day.
Duration 45 minutes.
In association with Editorial Intelligence and supported by the Polish Cultural Institute
Huw Bowen, Ray Karl, Ray Howell
New History of Wales 1: Celts or Britons?
Evento 35 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 9am • Sede del evento: Starlight Stage
In the first of five sessions debunking myths and prejudices and rewriting the history of Wales, three historians consider the deep ancestry of the nation.
Duration 45 minutes.
In association with The Western Mail
The Book Show at Hay – Filming
Evento 36 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 9.30am–11am • Sede del evento: Sky Arts Studio
Sky Arts returns with its acclaimed series of The Book Show. Join Mariella Frostrup for an exclusive recording, interviewing the biggest and best names at the festival.
Watch The Book Show at Hay on Sky Arts 1 HD at 7pm on Saturday 28 May
Marcus du Sautoy
The Secret Mathematicians
Evento 37 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 10am • Sede del evento: Barclays Wealth Pavilion
The author of The Number Mysteries examines how the mathematicians' palette of shapes, patterns and numbers has inspired composers, painters, choreographers and writers.
Sue Birtwistle talks to Richard Eyre
Adaptation
Evento 38 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 10am • Sede del evento: Llwyfan Cymru - Wales Stage
The producer of both Pride & Prejudice and Cranford reveals the challenges and delights of bringing Elizabeth Gaskell’s much-loved Cranford stories to the screen.
Antony Woodward
The Garden in the Clouds
Evento 39 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 10am • Sede del evento: Elmley Foundation Theatre
The hilarious and inspiring story of one man’s unlikely quest to create out of a mountainous Welsh landscape a garden fit for inclusion in the prestigious Yellow Book. A comic masterpiece.
In association with The National Trust
Kyung-Sook Shin and Jaishree Misra
Fictions: Mothers and Daughters
Evento 40 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 10am • Sede del evento: Summer House
A special preview reading of the beautiful and multi-million-selling Korean novel Please Look After Mother spinning four perspectives on the central character Son-yo, a mother and wife. And introducing the Keralan bestseller of Indian revelation A Scandalous Secret. Chaired by Rosie Goldsmith.
Sponsored by Richard Booth’s Bookshop
Julia Donaldson & Friends
A Jolly Jamboree
Evento HF1 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 10am • Sede del evento: Oxfam Stage
Join this beloved children’s writer and her lively cast, for stories and songs about dragons, ladybirds and cave babies. Meet Julia's latest hero The Rhyming Rabbit, and be prepared for a guest appearance by the Gruffalo himself.
James Holland
Duty Calls: Dunkirk
Evento HF2 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 10am • Sede del evento: Starlight Stage
Civil War Siege Drama Day
Workshop
Evento HF130 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 10am–4pm • Sede del evento: Cusop Village Hall
Are you in Oliver’s Army or a King Charles spaniel? When a city changes hands five times, as Royalists rumble with Roundheads, who are the real winners and losers? Uncover tales of trickery, love and heroism in this one-day drama workshop for the whole family. Participants will be involved in live filming, editing, drama and puppet, scenery and costume making, leading up a final performance to friends and family. Don’t forget your packed lunch and snacks!
Supported by Heritage Lottery Fund & Hereford Cathedral
Get Writing With Elen Caldecott
Workshop
Evento HF131 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 10am • Sede del evento: The Hexagon
Join author Elen Caldecott for a crash course in story writing. She’ll look into where to find the best ideas and how to get them on the page, before leading the group in creating their own short stories.
Adam Nicolson
When God Spoke English
Evento 41 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 11.30am • Sede del evento: Barclays Wealth Pavilion
The compelling story of scholarship, populism, diversity, unification and language in The Making of The King James Bible.
Sponsored by Jesse Norman
Shashi Tharoor
Tagore 150
Evento 42 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 11.30am • Sede del evento: Elmley Foundation Theatre
The Indian novelist and politician celebrates the 150th anniversary of the great Nobel Prize-winning Bengali poet, musician and painter.
Presented by Hay Festival Kerala
John Barrow
The Artful Universe Expanded
Evento 43 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 11.30am • Sede del evento: Oxfam Stage
A look at some of the unexpected ways in which the structure of the Universe, its laws, its environments, and above all its underlying mathematical structure imprints itself on our thoughts, our aesthetic preferences, and our views about the nature of things.
Luis Rubio
Mexico Beyond The Headlines
Evento 45 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 11.30am • Sede del evento: Summer House
The President of the Centre of Research for Development discusses the political and economic situation in one of the world’s fastest growing economies.
Entry to this event is free but you must obtain a ticket
Supported by The Mexican Embassy
George Monbiot
Evento 619 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 11.30am • Sede del evento: Llwyfan Cymru - Wales Stage
Alyxandra Harvey & Marcus Sedgwick
Afterlives
Evento HF3 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 11.30am • Sede del evento: Starlight Stage
Sean Taylor
Purple Class
Evento HF4 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 11.30am • Sede del evento: The Hexagon
dANTE OR dIE
Drama Masterclass
Evento T30 • Saturday 28 May 2011, 11.30am • Sede del evento: Scribblers Hut
Join the dance-theatre company that creates performances which tiptoe under your skin, for a site-specific look at drama. Please wear loose-fitting, comfortable clothing.
hf2 for teens
In association with UK Youth
