Piers Plowright, a well-known BBC producer of radio plays and documentaries, who won three Prix Italias for a series of his literary portraits including those of Olivia Manning Yukio Mishima and Jorge Luis Borges will discuss the ways in which the experimental imperative of working with young British writers has been a consistent component in his career as a BBC journalist, adapter and producer.

LSE’s own thriving student drama scene has witnessed a recent burgeoning of new, original work. Laurence Vardaxoglou’s Buoy won the London University Drama Competition in 2013 and was successfully staged at the Bloomsbury Theatre and then on the Edinburgh International Festival Fringe. Tonight Buoy receives a performance at LSE (where it was conceived and written), together with a series of original and improvised dramatic sketches produced in collaboration with the LSE Drama Society.

The event will be followed by a drinks reception.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries email Olga Sobolev, o.sobolev@lse.ac.uk.

This event forms part of the LSE Literary Festival 2015 Fringe.

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