National Theatre Presents – Allan Bennet’s Diaries LIVE – Plus Q&A

Date: Wednesday November 16th

Doors Open: 7:30 – Event Start Time: 8:00

Ticket Price: £15

Tickets bookable at the box-office.

ABOUT

THIS UNMISSABLE LIVE EVENT WILL TAKE A CANDID LOOK INTO THE MIND OF ALAN BENNETT, BRITAIN’S BEST-LOVED WRITER, WHO, AT 82, SHOWS NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN. THE EVENT WILL INCLUDE A SCREENING OF ALAN BENNETT’S DIARIES, A NEW FILM ABOUT THE WRITER, FOLLOWED BY AN EXCLUSIVE Q&A WITH ALAN BENNETT FROM HIS LOCAL COMMUNITY LIBRARY IN PRIMROSE HILL.

INSPIRED BY HIS ACERBIC AND OFTEN HILARIOUS DIARIES, THE FILM SHOWS ALAN AS HE’S NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE – FOLLOWING HIM TO NEW YORK, THE SCENE OF HIS EARLY TRIUMPH IN BEYOND THE FRINGE, TO ACCEPT AN AWARD FROM THE CITY’S PUBLIC LIBRARY; TO SHEPHERD’S BUSH TO RECORD AN EPISODE OF PRIVATE PASSIONS FOR RADIO 3 AND OPEN UP ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC IN HIS LIFE; TO HIS LOCAL COMMUNITY-RUN LIBRARY IN PRIMROSE HILL, WHICH, HE DESPAIRS, SOME WOULD RATHER SEE TURNED INTO A PIZZA HUT; TO THE EAST COAST RAILWAY LINE, WHICH HE’D LIKE TO SEE RENATIONALISED, AND THE VILLAGE IN YORKSHIRE HE CALLS HOME. INTIMATE ENCOUNTERS, FILMED OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, REVEAL A WRITER WHO IS BEMUSED BY HIS OWN POPULARITY AND IS STILL AS ANGRY AND IRREVERENT IN HIS 80S AS HE WAS IN HIS 20S.