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Stephen Fry is ready to go from QI to Hawk-Eye after being introduced as umpire of an all-star cricket match at this yr’s Hay Pageant.
The 2024 version of the literary pageant, in partnership with The Unbiased, will happen throughout 11 days in Could and June.
Wednesday 29 Could marks the pageant’s very first Sports activities Day, organised in celebration of this summer time’s forthcoming Summer time Olympic season in Paris, and is ready to unite main thinkers and sports activities stars for a showcase of their inventive and bodily abilities.
The cricket match will see Hay City tackle an all-star cricket group, that includes broadcaster Adam Rutherford; writers Robert Macfarlane and Charlie Campbell; comedians Marcus Brigstocke and Carrie Quinlan; musician and actor Johnny Flynn; {and professional} cricketers Claire Taylor and Azeem Rafiq.
Cricket and literature have come hand in hand for a few years, with a number of of the gamers coming from the Authors Cricket Staff – a 100-year-old organisation that has included the likes of PG Wodehouse, AA Milne and Arthur Conan Doyle in its ranks.
Extra just lately, the group has performed in opposition to Indian Premier League (IPL) gamers, the Vatican and the nationwide groups of Japan and Iceland.
Forward of the thrilling match, author and batsman Adam Rutherford stated: “On Wednesday 29 Could, the cricketers of Hay-on-Wye will really feel the complete drive of *checks group sheet* seven middle-aged writers and a few comedians. And two ex-professionals. Our sledging might be eloquent.”
In the meantime, Hay Pageant president and longtime cricket fan Stephen Fry will watch over proceedings as the sport’s umpire.
In an announcement, Hay Pageant International CEO Julie Finch stated: “Worlds collide at Hay Pageant Hay-on-Wye with occasions that provide a detour from the day-to-day. On this thrilling yr of worldwide sport, our first-ever Sports activities Day seeks to discover its interconnections with the humanities and their twin roles in selling wellbeing.
“We’re delighted to welcome this all-star cricket group and Hay City onto our programme, and grateful to Pageant president Stephen Fry for guaranteeing a good sport. Do be part of us for a particular session to recollect. And will the very best group win!”
Throughout the pageant website on Sports activities Day, there can even be conversations and interactive free actions with appearances from footballer and broadcaster Gary Lineker, tennis coach Judy Murray, ecologist Madeleine Orr and former athlete and politician Lord Sebastian Coe.
The programme for the pageant was revealed on Tuesday 12 March and guarantees to supply a big selection of occasions and actions for all, balancing the launch of probably the most thrilling non-fiction and fiction works with debate over present world points.
Outdoors of the Sports activities Day, cricket fan Stephen Fry will share a preview of his subsequent set of Greek retellings within the literary phase, together with My Sister’s Keeper creator Jodi Picoult.
Dame Judi Dench will headline the drama and efficiency choices as she shares extracts from her e book, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Lease, alongside actor and director Brendan O’Hea.
Tickets for the Hay Pageant – and the Sports activities Day – might be bought right here.