We are holding a series of interesting evening talks
hosted by interesting Yorkshire folk.
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Sue Willmington in conversation with Kate Fenton
Thursday 13th August 2026
Sue Willmington
Sue is a costume designer of more than 50 years experience. She has worked worldwide at Opera houses including Zurich, Dallas, Sydney, Beijing, Hong Kong, Paris, St Petersburg, Moscow & UK. For theatre at the Royal Shakespeare Co, Royal National Theatre, West End and Broadway. Born in Scarborough and now lives in Littlebeck, nr Whitby.
Kate Fenton
Kate Fenton has published seven novels since leaving the BBC, where she was a features producer on Radio 4. A former Deputy Chair of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, and Patron of the Whitby Lit Fest, she lives in the Esk Valley.
6:00pm doors open | cheese & wine
6:45pm talk starts
limited tickets
£15 donation | contact: talks@slidingwater.co.uk
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P A S T T A L K S
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Mark Herman in conversation with Rob Edgar
Thursday 16th April 2026
We had a wonderful evening, Mark Herman was on best form and shared with us tales of his working career
as a multi-award winning screenwriter and director, responsible for the feature films ‘Blame It On the Bellboy’, ‘Brassed Off’, ‘Little Voice’, ‘Purely Belter’, ‘Hope Springs’ and ‘The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas’, along the way working with such actors as Dudley Moore, Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Ewan McGregor, Pete Postlethwaite and Sir Michael Caine.
