Book now for your chance to put your questions to award-winning playwright and actress Lolita Chakrabarti. This event is part of her Visiting Fellowship and is aimed at students with a serious interest in a theatre career alongside other local emerging artists. We will explore Lolita’s wide-ranging career and offer an unrivalled opportunity to find out more about the theatre industry at this critical time.

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Lolita Chakrabarti is an award-winning playwright and actress. Writing credits include the award-winning stage adaptation of Life of Pi, which will open in the West End in 2021, the ambitious Invisible Cities (MIF), Hymn (Almeida) and Red Velvet, which opened at the Tricycle Theatre before transferring to London’s West End and New York. Acting credits include playing Queen Gertrude, opposite Tom Hiddleston, in Sir Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (RADA), Fanny & Alexandra (Old Vic) and Free Outgoing (Royal Court). A Casual Vacancy (BBC1/HBO), To Provide All People (BBC2), Beowulf (ITV), Jekyll and Hyde (ITV), Riviera (Sky), Criminal (Netflix) and Defending The Guilty (BBC).

Lolita Chakrabarti is a HCP Visiting Fellow part of the Humanities Cultural Programme.

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Q&A with Lolita Chakrabarti