Mackenzie Crook | If Nick Drake Came to My House

Sat 23 Nov 2024 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Award-winning actor, writer and creator of Detectorists and Worzel Gummidge, Mackenzie Crook, joins us with his first book for adults. If Nick Drake Came to My House is a heartfelt, whimsical love letter to his musical hero which explores the power of art to change our lives, expressed through an imaginary visit from the late, great singer-songwriter Nick Drake. Drake signed to Island Records at twenty while still a student at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University. Marking the 50th anniversary of his death, the book is both a celebration of his memory and a heart-warming reminder of the impact a person can have on others, though they might not realise it. Not to be missed.

In conversation with Tom Gatti, executive editor of the New Statesman

This event will also be available to watch via Livestream.

Venue: TTP Stage (Cambridge Union) & Online

Duration: 1 hour

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Author Biography

Mackenzie Crook is a BAFTA award-winning writer, comedian, actor, and director known for his work across TV, film and theatre. He is known for playing Gareth Keenan in The Office, as well as Hollywood roles such as Ragetti in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and Orell in the HBO series Game of Thrones. He created and starred in the BAFTA-winning sitcom Detectorists, and he wrote, directed and starred in the recent TV adaptation of Worzel Gummidge. He is the author of two books for children, The Windvale Sprites and The Lost Journals of Benjamin Tooth. He lives in London.

Chair Biography

Tom Gatti is executive editor, culture, books, ideas and print of the New Statesman. He is the editor of Long Players: Writers on the Albums That Shaped Them, which was published by Bloomsbury in 2021.