

18
FS9
11.30–12.30 Britten Studio
David Hare:
Becoming a Writer
FlipSide welcomes David Hare, Britain’s
most celebrated political playwright,
fresh from a hugely successful star
turn at Flip in Brazil. He will discuss
his newly published memoir
The
Blue
Touch Paper,
of which Joan Didion has
written, “Frank, moving and beguiling,
the fascinating story of becoming
a writer in the ‘60s and ‘70s”.
Unmissable.