William Sieghart presents his Poetry Pharmacy
Main Stage, Hampton Court Palace, Surrey.
William Sieghart presents his Poetry Pharmacy
Sat 08 Jun 2024 at 14.30
Duration: 1 hour
End Time: 3:30pm
Location: Main Stage
Event info: With Clarke Peters and Dame Harriet Walters
Sometimes only a poem will do. In the years since he first had the idea of prescribing short, powerful poems for all manner of spiritual ailments, William Sieghart has taken his Poetry Pharmacy around the length and breadth of Britain, into the pages of the Guardian, onto BBC Radio 4 and onto the television, honing his prescriptions all the time. In what is sure to be a mesmerising performance, Helena Bonham Carter and friends will explore poetry to ease any ailment: from loneliness, lack of courage, heartbreak, hopelessness, or even from an excess of ego… Join us for a very special Poetry Pharmacy in the sumptuous surrounds of Hampton Court Palace.
Sometimes only a poem will do. In the years since he first had the idea of prescribing short, powerful poems for all manner of spiritual ailments, William Sieghart has taken his Poetry Pharmacy around the length and breadth of Britain, into the pages of the Guardian, onto BBC Radio 4 and onto the television, honing his prescriptions all the time. In what is sure to be a mesmerising performance, Helena Bonham Carter and friends will explore poetry to ease any ailment: from loneliness, lack of courage, heartbreak, hopelessness, or even from an excess of ego… Join us for a very special Poetry Pharmacy in the sumptuous surrounds of Hampton Court Palace.
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