WHATEVER NEXT? Bridget Crowley's Desert Island Discs

18th April, 6pm, The Hypatia Trust, Chapel Street

Join us for an evening of Bridget Crowley’s Desert Island Discs, with the help of Nigel Fairs, Bridget will be taking us through her "desert island discs" and memories of her extraordinary life in the arts.

Bridget Crowley has had an extensive and varied career in the arts. She trained to be a dancer at the Rambert School and for 23 years was Head of Dance and Theatre Training at Arts Ed. in London. She founded Dancers Anonymous, providing students with the opportunity to test out professional life in the theatre. She also wrote four children's books, one of which, Feast of Fools, was nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe Award for mystery writers in America. After an MA in the History of Art at Birkbeck, she worked as an educator and Outreach Officer for the National Gallery. After her 'official retirement', she became an audio-describer at the National Theatre and for VocalEyes. She ran creative writing workshops for the Young Cultural Creators' scheme and at museums and galleries including the Wallace Collection and the Royal Collection, working at the Queen's Gallery and the Royal Palaces. At present she is working for the National Gallery, at Buckingham Palace and at the Morrab Library in Penzance. Bridget's latest children's book, Wake up Mr Kean! is being published shortly.

Nigel Fairs is an actor and writer who has worked in film, tv, radio and on stage, including the National Theatre, the West End and off Broadway.