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17 January 2021 / News

Kenneth Cranham: Joe Orton and Me

Online Event

Thursday 4th February 2021

17:00 – 18:00

Join Dr Emma Parker (a recent speaker for the STR Lecture Series) in a Q+A with Orton’s favourite actor and friend, the Olivier Award-winner Kenneth Cranham.

About this Event
Olivier Award-winning actor Kenneth Cranham starred in the original production of Joe Orton’s The Ruffian on the Stair (1964) and Loot (1966), and joined Beryl Reid in a major revival of Entertaining Mr Sloane (1975). Join Dr Emma Parker (School of Arts) in a Q+A with Orton’s favourite actor and friend to find out what it was like to hang out with one of the twentieth century’s most controversial writers and appear in the plays that made him a gay icon.

Book a free ticket via EventBrite here.

Details on how to join the Q&A will be provided to all attendees nearing to the date.