Theatre Talk: Aesop, Coco and Me

Drama, poetry, literature, dance all spring from the same base – the importance of story. Gail Wylie will be talking about how ‘story’ has evolved over the centuries – and why we still read tales first told over 2000 years ago.

Chair of the BOOKMARK Book Festival, Gail Wylie began her career in education as an English teacher before joining the adult education department (now called the Centre of Lifelong Learning) at the University of Edinburgh where she became the Course Organiser for Literature and Creative Writing. Over her fourteen years there, she developed the Certificate in Theatre Studies.

Gail has given pre-theatre talks for many visiting productions to Edinburgh’s Festival and King’s Theatres and helped launch the Perth Theatre Talks in early 2023 along with Joyce Caplan.

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