24 March 2016

Tim Pigott-Smith - 14th April 2016

"With Great Pleasure" with Tim Pigott-Smith and Piers Plowright on 14th April at 7.30pm in the Library

Join Tim Pigott Smith for an intimate evening of reading, performance and talk hosted by Piers Plowright. Tim is a near neighbour of the Library.

Tim has just returned from his triumphant run in New York starring as King Charles III following two sell out runs in London.

His break through role was as Merrick in The Jewel in the Crown, a major TV series about Colonial India. He is constantly in demand in the theatre, film and on radio reading Henning Mankell last book on BBC Radio 4 in March 2016.

We suggest early booking as tickets are limited by room capacity and he really hate turning our neighbours away!

BOOK NOW:

• In the Library at £12 - orders by phone on 020 7431 1266 or in person;
• On line tickets through wegottickets.com - please  click this link to go to the right page: http://www.wegottickets.com/viewcart/fest#rtn_354527

This evening will help support Keats Community Library which is entirely dependent on the community for funding.

Thanks to Wikipedia:

Pigott-Smith was born in Rugby, Warwickshire, the son of Margaret Muriel (née Goodman) and Harry Thomas Pigott-Smith, who was a journalist.^[1] He was educated at Wyggeston Boys' School, Leicester, King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon and Bristol University. He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Book

During the making of The Jewel in the Crown, Pigott-Smith wrote a diary on his impressions of India. This was published together with an anthology of poetry and prose under the title Out of India.

He has written two children's books in the series The Baker Street Mysteries, featuring the exploits of Sherlock Holmes' Baker Street Irregulars – The Dragon Tattoo (2008) and Shadow of Evil (2009).

Television

After a long career in smaller roles, Pigott-Smith got his big break with the leading role of Ronald Merrick in the 1984 television serial The Jewel in the Crown. Other notable appearances include the title role in the crime drama series The Chief (1990–1993), a recurring role in ITV drama The Vice as Ken Stott's nemesis, Vickers, and Bloody Sunday. He has appeared in two separate adaptations of Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South; in the 1975 version he played Frederick Hale, and in 2004 he played Frederick's father Richard.

He has appeared twice in Doctor Who: in the stories The Claws of Axos (1971), and The Masque of Mandragora (1976).

His distinctive voice has made him a popular narrator of documentary television series. He narrated the Battlefield series, which examines pivotal battles of World War II from an operations point of view. More recently, he narrated a series on the British Royal Family, entitled Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work. The series followed Queen Elizabeth II for more than a year, including the 2007 state visit to the United States.

Appeared in Lewis, 2015 on ITV as a Taxidermist EPISODE 1 "One For Sorrow"

Film

His film career has included the 2004 film Alexander, The Four Feathers, Gangs of New York, Johnny English, The Remains of the Day and V for Vendetta. He also made an appearance in the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace. In February 2010 Piggott-Smith played Alan Keen in the television film On Expenses.

Stage

Pigott-Smith is a regular stage actor in Shakespearean and Greek roles; for instance, he played Posthumus in John Barton's 1974 production of Cymbeline for the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2011 he took the title role in King Lear at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds.^[2]

Contemporary works include Enron, playing Ken Lay, for the Chichester Festival Theatre, and then London, in 2009 and Tobias in A Delicate Balance at the Almeida Theatre, London in 2011.^[3][4] He returned to the Almeida in 2014 as a post-accession Charles, Prince of Wales in King Charles III.^[5]

Radio

He is also a noted radio actor, appearing in many productions on BBC Radio 4.