Date & Time
Wednesday 19 October 2022
6.30pm to 7.30pm
Tickets
Complimentary. Please note that places for this event are limited and therefore we encourage you to register as soon as possible.
Registration
Please register via the ‘Register here’ button. The link to the event will be sent to the email address provided on the registration form a couple of days before the event.
Guests
You’ll be given a link to the event. You should not share this link, but members of your household are welcome to join the call (these guests will be with you on camera, using the same device/Zoom account).
Booking deadline
Monday 17 October 2022
General Information
For further information or if you have any enquiries, please contact the Development Office on 01223 338700 or at development@joh.cam.ac.uk.
Johnian Society Virtual Talk: Interview with Jez Butterworth (1988)
Jez Butterworth (1988) is a playwright, director and screenwriter whose notable works include Mojo, Jerusalem and The Ferryman. Jez followed his brother Tom (1985) to St John’s to study English Literature.
According to a 2011 interview in The Guardian, ‘As a teenager at the local comprehensive, he went up to Cambridge to watch his older brother Tom in a production of Brian Friel’s Translations. “That was my moment,” he said. “I thought: ‘I’m coming here, I’m doing that’.”‘
Jez’s theatre work, for which he has received Laurence Olivier Awards, Tony Awards and many more, has been performed to audiences in the West End and Broadway. He has written for film and television, often co-writing and creating with his brothers Tom and John-Henry. He has worked with theatre legends Harold Pinter and Mark Rylance.
Emily Brand (1987), a member of the Johnian Society Committee, will host the conversation with Jez, exploring his writing journey from that moment as a teenager and practising his craft at St John’s to becoming one of the most in-demand writers of his generation.
The interview will be followed by a Q&A during which the audience will be invited to put their questions to Jez. Questions can also be sent in advance to development@joh.cam.ac.uk if you would prefer.
Programme:
6.15–6.30pm: Online check-in opens.
6.30pm: Event begins with a welcome message from Emily Brand, Committee member of the Johnian Society.
6.30–6.35pm: Interview with Jez Butterworth
6.55pm onwards: Q&A and networking.