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My East End: In Conversation with Steven Berkoff

Steven Berkoff shares his memories of the East End and varied stage and dramatic career.


Steven Berkoff was born in Stepney, London. After studying drama and mime in London and Paris, he entered a series of repertory companies and in 1968 formed the London Theatre Group. His plays and adaptations have been performed in countless countries and various languages. Among the many adaptations Berkoff has created for the stage, directed and toured, are Kafka's Metamorphosis, The Trial, Agamemnon after Aeschylus, Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher and Shakespeare's Coriolanus. He has also appeared in a number of films, including A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, Beverley Hills Cop and The Krays, and has published a variety of books on the theatre.

In conversation with historian, Michelle Johansen, Steven Berkoff will discuss his impressions and memories of the East End and share highlights from his highly successful and varied stage and dramatic career.


Speaker(s):

Steven Berkoff | talks

 

Date and Time:

7 May 2009 at 7:30 pm

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

 

Venue:

Bishopsgate Institute
230 Bishopsgate
London
EC2M 4QH
020 7392 9200
http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk

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Tickets:

£7, concs £5; advance booking required

Available from:

Call 020 7392 9220 between 9.30am and 5.30pm, Monday to Friday or search for Bishopsgate Institute on www.WeGotTickets.com

Additional Information:

Bishopsgate Institute is two minutes walk from Liverpool Street station.

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