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Festival of Words joins Oxfordshire's
favourite festival of music
Britain’s sharpest and funniest writers are heading
for this year’s Cornbury Music Festival for what
looks to be the summer’s most entertaining literary
festival. The brains behind the popular BBC QI
series have joined forces with groundbreaking
publisher Unbound to create the first
Festival of
Words
which will run alongside the Cornbury
Music Festival at Great Tew Park, Oxfordshire
from 5-7 July.
The line-up includes QI stalwart, stand-up
comedian and Jonathan Creek actor
Alan Davies
,
controversial quick-witted columnist and writer
Julie Burchill
, Red Dwarf’s
Robert Llewllyn
and
the fabulous comedienne
Katy Brand
. Television
producer,
John Lloyd
, the comic genius behind
Spitting Image, Blackadder, Not The Nine
O’Clock News and QI, is hosting a special
QI
Music Quiz
as part of the Festival. There is also
the return of QI’s
Ask the Elves
service, a chance
for festival goers to try to outwit the cerebral QI
boffins with unanswerable conundrums, a big hit
with last year’s audience.
The Festival of Words is free to all Cornbury
Music Festival ticket holders as is the
Absolute
Radio Comedy Emporium
, programmed by the
national Absolute radio station, which features
the current cream of stand-up, including
Lee
Nelson, Ed Gamble, Rob Broderick, aka,
Abandoman and Vikki Stone
.
‘We’re completely thrilled to
announce this miniature literary hub
during Cornbury Music Festival with
the addition of the Festival of Words
on our 10th birthday year’
says Festival Director Hugh Phillimore,
‘Oxfordshire is the spiritual home of
QI, so we have our arms open wide
for this home coming.’
For tickets and more information go to
FRIDAY 19 - SATURDAY 20 JULY
“INSPIRED LAUGHTER AND AWE
IN A FINE DISPLAY OF
MUSIC HALL IRREVERENCE”
SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER
An evening of hysterical comedy,
amazing vocal impersonations
and jaw dropping costumes in this
One Man, 21 Woman show!
“DUPREE STORMS THE STAGE
WITH STYLE, WIT, GLAMOUR
AND A PACE THAT LEAVES
YOU AMAZED”
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SUGGESTED AGE 14+
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