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Mon, 9 May 2022

7:15 pm - 8:30 pm GMT

Conway Hall, London

Minnie Driver – Live On-Stage in London

In Conversation With Erica Wagner

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As one of our most loved actors, Minnie Driver has spent her life mostly telling other people’s stories. Until now.

Minnie Driver joins us live on stage in London to tell transport us from her unconventional childhood to subsequent fame, sharing poignant stories and laugh-out-loud anecdotes from her life and career. It is a tale of acclaim, loss, fortitude and fortune: in short, the universal story of being human.

She says: “When I look at my life from the alleged halfway point, some patterns are revealed: one, that the story does not necessarily begin or end where it should; two, happy endings are overrated. And three, happy endings are almost never the end.”

Don’t miss this exclusive chance to hear the extraordinary life story of one of the most celebrated movie stars of our time – as she transports us from Barbados to London to Hollywood and beyond.

Praise for Minnie Driver’s Managing Expectations:

‘A beautiful book: funny, honest, revealing, heartfelt and moving’ – Adam Kay, bestselling author of This is Going to Hurt

‘Vital, heartfelt and surprising, these tales from a life are told with humour, style and intelligence.’ – Graham Norton

‘A wonderful memoir by a glorious writer: funny, poignant, profound. I gobbled it up in one joyous sitting.’ – Elizabeth Day

‘An absolute jewel of a book. Gloriously readable, hilarious, painful, acute, sharply recalled and vividly brought to life’ – Stephen Fry

‘A writer of true precision, wit and style… I was comforted, galvanized, touched’ – Lena Dunham

 

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Minnie Driver

Actor

Minnie Driver is best know n for her breakout role in Circle of Friends and the 1997 film Good Will Hunting (which reaped nominations for both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Screen Actors Guild Award). She has appeared in numerous TV programmes, including The Riches, starring opposite Eddie Izzard, for which she was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe. She is also a singer, with three studio albums. Driver will next be seen in Searchlight Pictures’ biopic Chevalier and 20th Century’s Rosaline. She most recently appeared in the latest adaptation of Cinderella on Amazon, in Modern Love, and has appeared as a recurring character in Will and Grace, which was recently rebooted, and in Speechless. She is also the host of the podcast Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver.

Erica Wagner

Former literary editor of The Times, author and writer for the New Statesman.

Erica Wagner’s latest book is Mary and Mr Eliot: A Sort-of Love Story. She was the literary editor of the London Times for seventeen years and is a contributing writer for the New Statesman and consulting literary editor for Harper’s Bazaar; she is Lead Editorial Innovator for Creatd, Inc. She is the author of Chief Engineer: Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge, winner of the Eccles Centre and Hay Festival Writer’s Award; her other books are Ariel’s Gift, Seizure, Gravity and she is the editor of First Light, a celebration of the work of Alan Garner. 
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