Abbeygate Cinema welcomes best-selling author Louis De Bernières for evening of music, poetry and stories
Author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Louis de Bernières will be performing a selection of his songs, poems and stories at Abbeygate Cinema on Friday 7th February 2025.
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin was first screened at the cinema on Hatter Street when it premiered in 2001, and more recently the independent cinema welcomed the author in 2024 for an exclusive introduction to the film as part of the Lavenham Literary Festival.
Louis de Bernières is best known as a world-famous novelist, and has had two of his books made into films, but has been writing poetry since he was twelve, and composing songs since he was seventeen. He was quite surprised to become a novelist, and was just getting going again as a singer/songwriter when Covid struck. In this show he reads his poetry, sings his songs, tells jokes and recounts anecdotes, doing what he has always done on and off since he was a young man. He has always loved the great singer/songwriters that emerged in the 60s and 70s, and was recently described as ‘the English Leonard Cohen’. Everything he does is about telling stories that move the emotions, and, of course, entertainment.
Waterstones booksellers will also be attending the evening with a selection of Louis de Bernières books, including his three poetry collections and his latest novel ‘Light Over Liskeard’. The author will be signing books on the evening.
“We are looking forward to welcoming Louis de Bernières back to Abbeygate,” says Gareth Boggis, General Manager of Abbeygate Cinema, “Abbeygate has a rich history of arts and culture, and with origins as a music hall, an evening of songs and poetry with a world-famous novelist is very welcome”.
“I am excited to return to my favourite cinema in Bury St Edmunds,” says Louis de Bernières. “Obviously!”
Tickets are on sale from https://www.abbeygatecinema.co.uk/programme/louis-de-bernieres-an-evening-of-music-poetry-and-stories/ or alternatively from the Abbeygate Cinema box office.
