Ian Hislop & Nick Newman world premiere launches this week at The Watermill
IAN Hislop & Nick Newman’s The Autobiography of a Cad opens at The Watermill tomorrow (Friday).
A hilarious new adaptation of AG Macdonell’s satirical masterpiece, it chronicles the rise of self-proclaimed political titan Edward Percival Fox-Ingleby from Eton to Oxford and then on to Parliament. The Cad’s story contains all the hallmarks of success – university escapades with friends taking the blame, courageously signing up to be on the administrative frontline of the First World War effort and doing the decent thing and joining the Tory Party in the 1920s.
Committed to ploughing his own way through life, righting the wrongs of his unforgivably liberal parents and armed with a universal disregard for the rules, the truth, and the women in his life, this is Edward Fox-Ingleby, a man who no-one loves as much as himself.
This happily fictitious memoir about serving the nation bears absolutely no relation to any politicians past, present or future.
It runs at the Bagnor theatre until Saturday, March 22.
IAN Hislop and Nick Newman take to stage with their frank and funny insights into their careers, their longstanding history with The Watermill and in particular, their latest project The Autobiography of a Cad, in a one-off fundraiser for the theatre.
They will be joined by artistic director Paul Hart.
Every penny raised through ticket sales for this event on February 26 (2.30pm) will go towards The Watermill’s fundraising target.
Check availability at www.watermill.org.uk
Ian Hislop and Nick Newman will themselves take to stage with their frank and funny insights into their careers, their longstanding history with The Watermill and in particular, their latest project The Autobiography of a Cad, in a one-off fundraiser for the theatre.
They will be joined by artistic director Paul Hart.
Every penny raised through ticket sales for this event on February 26 (2.30pm) will go towards The Watermill’s fundraising target.
Check availability at www.watermill.org.uk
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