Iconic award-winning actress, TV personality and author Miriam Margolyes returns to the Pleasance EICC at the Edinburgh Fringe for 14 dates from 9th – 24th August. The show will feature even more characters, more Dickens, and more fascinating stories about the man behind the classics.
The show will be a sharing of her love of Dickens, with a Q&A session for the audience to ask questions for an unfiltered free-for-all of outrageous honesty, hilarious new anecdotes and unapologetic opinions.
“Same old c**t, even older but so enjoying the thought of another go with Mr. Dickens…and you! It could be the last time, but don’t bank on it!”
Miriam Margoyles
To date, her film credits include Professor Sprout in Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (parts two and three), Yentl, Little Shop of Horrors, I Love You To Death, End of Days, Sunshine, Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence, Cold Comfort Farm and Magnolia.
Her most memorable TV credits include Old Flames, Freud, Life and Loves of a She Devil, Blackadder, The Girls of Slender Means, Oliver Twist, The History Man, Vanity Fair and Supply & Demand. On top of that, Margolyes played naughty Grandma Rose in Sky’s comedy series Trollied and was a major part of the all-star cast in The Real Marigold Hotel for BBC1 and the sequels.
No stranger to the stage, her credits include Madame Morrible in both the London and Broadway productions of WICKED, Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit (Melbourne Theatre Company), The Vagina Monologues, Sir Peter Hall’s Los Angeles production of Romeo & Juliet. Not to forget her own award-winning, one-woman show, Dickens’ Woman, performed at Festivals in Edinburgh, London, Sydney, Jerusalem, Santa Cruz, USA, New York City, Boston and across India.
Amongst her many awards, she won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for The Age of Innocence and was awarded the OBE for her services to drama in 2002. In 2022, she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by BBC Radio. Between 2021 and 2022 Miriam Margolyes – Almost Australian and Australia Unmasked documentaries were released, winning the AACTA Award for Best Documentary or Factual Program.
Margoyles is still working in drama and documentaries today playing Mother Superior in Call The Midwife and last year was the voice of Meep in Dr Who and her latest travelogue, Miriam Margoyles in New Zealand, which is due to be released in the UK in this year.
Tickets for Margolyes & Dickens More Best Bits are available to purchase on The Pleasance Theatre website.
Photo credit: Jennifer Robertson