Author Event: Mel Giedroyc

About this event

Sunday at noon, 27th September (doors open 11.30am) In person event at Colchester Arts Centre. In conversation with author Kate Sawyer. Ticketing options are available with or without a hardback edition of 'The Comeback' (rrp £20). Mel will stay on to sign her book after the talk. Ticket only, Ticket with book. 2 Tickets with 1 book Please note, this is not stand up comedy act. This is Mel talking about her book, in conversation with author Kate. The Comeback is a funny, big-hearted story of second chances. Sometimes life surprises you with an encore... Twenty years ago, aspiring performer Gill Piper boarded a bus out of Leatherhead with a spring in her step and stars in her eyes. Things didn't quite pan out... Back home again, Gill finds much has changed. Young Lights, the youth theatre group which coaxed her out of her shell, is no more. The theatre itself, once the heartbeat of the community, now feels like a has-been; Gill can relate. When Gill learns the theatre is approaching its hundredth year, she decides to put on a spectacular anniversary show to give it a comeback and unite the town. She has just eight weeks, but if she can persuade some shy newcomers to step into the spotlight, it might just be possible. But Gill hasn't counted on self-appointed Artistic Director and diva extraordinaire Carla Keswick, who declares war. Can Gill and her unlikely company of amateurs defy Carla's dirty tricks, and prove it's never too late for a curtain call?