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February 2025

WILDE ABOUT OSCAR – FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS (& INFAMOUS)

Welcome to The Arts Society Tarporley
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 13:15
The Community Centre, Tarporley
113a High St Tarporley CW6 0AY
Online Event

The life and times of Oscar Wilde: his meteoric rise and fall.

This lecture examines the life and times of Oscar Wilde from his Irish roots to his days as a student at Oxford and his meteoric rise to the heights of celebrity. We travel with him to the United States and examine his starring role within the artistic & theatrical worlds of late 19th century London. We visit his home in bohemian Chelsea and some of his favourite West End haunts. Finally, we learn how ‘tired of being in the heights, he plunged into the depths’ and became famous for being infamous.

February is the Donation Lecture supporting our Young Arts Projects

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Mr Simon Whitehouse

Simon is a (recovering) actor, lecturer, presenter, Alexander Technique and voice teacher and award winning London Blue Badge guide.

He has worked as a guide lecturer in house at Shakespeare’s Globe, the Royal Opera House, the BBC and the National Gallery guiding both public and private tours. He is on the faculty of Ithaca College and also lectures for the Blue Badge Guide training course on the performing arts and English literature.

Simon’s specialisms and passions are theatre, literature, fashion and art history but whatever the subject, Simon will weave a wonderful story from it.