Eastbourne College hosted its first Circus Creative Arts Festival – including a Q&A with a very special old boy
Eastbourne College welcomed back its oldest living former pupil, Derek Granger, to celebrate his 101st birthday with a Q&A about his remarkable life in drama, as part of its new Circus Creative Arts Festival.
The TV drama veteran, best known for producing Brideshead Revisited, returned to take part in a conversation with theatre director and fellow Old Eastbournian David Grindley in front of a live audience. Derek Granger recalled fondly his time as a scriptwriter and producer on Coronation Street in the early 1960s, although Brideshead remains his proudest TV drama achievement.
The four-day event featured appearances from a formidable range of other creative talents, including actor Ed Speleers, writer Paul Mayhew-Archer and singer Mark Le Brocq. Funds raised go towards the school’s bursary programme, enabling more children to access an education at the college and at St Andrew’s Prep.
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