Star of stage and screen Bernard Hill comes to HighTide to perform in the one-off reading of Jesse Weaver’s Famine Diary. Bernard will battle it out with HighTide’s very own Sam Hodges in a bitter clash over a woman they share and a history they don’t.

Performed in a Secret Location, somewhere in Halesworth.

One Performance Only: Saturday 1st May. 17:00

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Leading actress Diana Quick comes to HighTide to star in a reading of Adam Brace’s monologue Midnight Your Time. Diana plays the role of Sheila, a retired lawyer desperately trying to reach her peace-keeping daughter by Skype.

Performed in a Secret Location, somewhere in Halesworth.

Two New Performances Added By Popular Demand: Sunday 2nd May. 13:00, 17:00 (Sold Out), 19:30

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Clive Stafford Smith: A man who has spent the last 25 years defending death row convicts in the US and more recently inmates at Guantanamo. Awarded an OBE for ‘humanitarian services’ in 2000, Clive is the founder and director of Reprieve, where he works to achieve due process for prisoners worldwide.

Clive opens the festival, in conversation with HighTide’s Sam Hodges. Friday 30th April at 11.30.

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Steve Waters: author of the acclaimed double bill on climate change, The Contingency Plan.

Isabella Macpherson: founder and director of Arts Co and described by Wallpaper as ‘the engine of London’s art and design scene’.

Beth Steel: author of Ditch, soon to transfer into London in an unprecedented co-production with the Old Vic

Come and see these three guests speak to Judith Knight, who co-founded Artsadmin and has worked with artists including Mike Figgis, Forced Entertainment, DV8, Station House Opera and Bobby Baker.

Climate Change Art: Does it do any Good? Saturday 1st May. 11.30 am.

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Owen Matthews: Moscow’s chief correspondent at Newsweek and author of the much-acclaimed book Stalin’s Children (nominated for Guardian First Book award), which documents the last 100 years of Russian history through the prism of his own family.

Owen flies over to England to speak to Suffolk audiences about his experiences as a journalist in Russia, and his thoughts on this fascinating, complex nation.

Russia versus the West. Sunday 2nd May. 11.30 am.

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