STEPHEN Fry will be visiting a Herefordshire border town this summer alongside other famous names such as Benedict Cumberbatch.
The English comedian, actor, director, writer, and broadcaster is the festival president of Hay Festival and will be performing an act of his own this year.
Fry's film acting roles include playing his idol Oscar Wilde in the 1997 film Wilde, for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
He also played Inspector Thompson in Robert Altman's murder mystery Gosford Park in 2001 as well as roles in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and The Hobbit film series.
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Audience members will hear him delve into the centenary of the publication of renowned author James Joyce's Ulysses.
He will also look at his own journey towards the finish line as he completes the fourth of his Greek mythology metrology.
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is also among the famous faces due to make an appearance.
Known for his roles on the screen and stage, he has received various accolades throughout his career, including a British Academy Television Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Laurence Olivier Award.
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His performances in The Imitation Game (2014) and The Power of the Dog (2021) earned him nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award, all for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
He also gained worldwide recognition for his performance as Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series Sherlock.
Benedict Cumberbatch and friends will perform the all-star show for the sixth time to Hay Festival and in aid of the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.
Letters Live sees a diverse array of performers read remarkable letters, inspired by, and often drawn from Shaun Usher's bestselling Letters of Note anthologies.
The full cast will be kept under wraps until the performance.
The literature and art festival will be held for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic in the grounds of Dairy Meadows, in Hay-on-Wye.
Other strong acts such as Lenny Henry, Sheila Hancock, Damian Lewis, Joe Wicks, Jacqueline Wilson and Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon are also on its line-up.
The 35th spring edition will be held between May 26 and June 11, with more than 500 in-person events over the 11 days.
Hay Festival international director Cristina Fuentes La Roche said: "We're delighted to be gathering in our book town with a vibrant programme to imagine the world anew.
"It's been 35 years since writers and readers started sharing their stories together in our festival tents and we have never needed these stories more urgently.
"During the day our conversations and debates will tackle some of the biggest issues of the moment, and in the evenings, we'll laugh and dance together again."
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