Ben Moor returns to Port Eliot
His one-man show Colecanth was a great hit at last year’s festival; now we’re pleased to announce actor Ben Moor as a last-minute addition to our 2010 line-up. A star of The I.T Crowd and Knowing You…with Alan Partridge, Ben will be running a drama class in the Idler’s Academy*.
An actor and writer, Ben has starred in several films including Dead Man Running, Disney’s Casanova and Tooth. His television credits include The I.T Crowd, Knowing Me, Knowing You…with Alan Partridge, Time Gentlemen Please and Fist of Fun. An Edinburgh Festival veteran, Ben has starred in an eclectic and entertaining mix of one-man shows including It Takes Forever If You Go By Inertia and A Supercollider For The Family.
Drama with Mr Moor: Idler’s Academy, 5pm Friday
* Please note that Ben’s class replaces Jez Butterworth’s class (sadly Jez has had to cancel due to family illness).
OTHER PROGRAMME CHANGES
Andrew Simms* of the New Economics Foundation, will be giving an Economics lesson – taking in Tesco, usury and the and the 21-hour week – on Sunday at 2pm.
Andrew is policy director at the New Economics Foundation, the award winning ‘think-and-do’ tank, and author of Ecological Debt: Global Warming and the Wealth of Nations (2009). Described by New Scientist magazine as “a master at joined-up progressive thinking”, he is on the boards of Greenpeace UK, 10:10 and The Energy and Resources Institute Europe. His new book with David Boyle, Eminent Corporations: the Rise and Fall of the Great British Corporation is due out in September.
* Please note that Andrew’s class replaces John Mitchinson’s, who has had to cancel due to unforeseen circumstances.
