Hay Festival 2024 Programme

Main Programme

Events for Families

THU

MAY

Starts at	Global Stage	Discovery Stage	Wye Stage	Meadow Stage	Spring Stage	Exchange Marquee	Creative Hub	Writers at Work Hub – Hwb Awduron wrth eu Gwaith	Make & Take Hub	Bookshop Garden	Family Garden	Meeting Place on Festival Site	St Mary’s Church	Located in the Bright Orange marquee opposite the Meadow Stage entrance
08:00							08:00 301. Morning Yoga with Hay Yoga Collective
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10:00	10:00 302. David Olusoga, Kate Raworth and guests The News Review	10:00 304. Dan Evans, Richard Gater, Ryan Davey and Valerie Walkerdine Social Class in Contemporary Britain	10:00 303. Pragya Agarwal, Lucy Jones and Clover Stroud talk to Candice Brathwaite Metamorphosis in Motherhood	10:00 F69. Julian Clary and David Roberts The Bolds	10:00 F70. Sophy Henn Happy Hills: Giant Danger Kittens	10:00 443. BBC Academy: Creating a Detective	10:00 Sold Out W67. Ready, Steady, Music! Workshop	10:00 Sold Out 305. Writers at Work/Awduron wrth eu Gwaith Readings	10:00 MT22. Make & Take Crafting Saturday Morning Session		10:00 Sold Out W68. Pizza-making Workshop Kitchen Garden Pizza	10:00 Sold Out 306. Wayfaring Walk with a National Park Guide		10:00 Sold Out 410. The Art of Decision-Making in the Face of Climate Change A collaborative, real-world simulation
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11:00											11:00 Sold Out W69. Pizza-making Workshop Kitchen Garden Pizza
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11:30	11:30 307. Jane D Hartley and Keri Russell talk to Helena Kennedy (Un)scripted: Fictional and Real Diplomacy	11:30 308. Paul Lynch talks to Alex Clark Prophet Song	11:30 309. Aura García-Junco and Isabella Hammad talk to Daniel Hahn	11:30 F72. Richard Wiseman Magic Your Mind Happy	11:30 F71. Dr Amir Khan Little Experts: How Families Are Made	11:30 444. BBC Radio 4: Start the Week	11:30 Sold Out W70. I Love Books Illustration Workshop With Mariajo Ilustrajo
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12:00									12:00 MT23. Make & Take Crafting Saturday Lunchtime Session
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13:00	13:00 310. Rory Stewart talks to Toby Lichtig Politics on the Edge	13:00 311. Carlo Rovelli The Pugwash Lecture: Relations, not Entities, Make up the World	13:00 402. Simon Schama Choose Life: The Story of the Jews	13:00 312. Wanjiru Koinange, Lola Shoneyin, Velia Vidal in conversation with Georgina Godwin Writing and Cultural Exchange	13:00 F73. Ben Garrod A Dog in Africa	13:00 445. BBC Academy: DJ Day Day:My Storyboard	13:00 Sold Out W71. I Love Books Illustration Workshop With Mariajo Ilustrajo	13:00 Sold Out F74. Ruchira Gupta I Kick and I Fly					13:00 313. Fidelio Trio Hay Music Concert
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14:00										14:00 314. Hay Shantymen				14:00 Sold Out 411. The Art of Decision-Making in the Face of Climate Change A collaborative, real-world simulation
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14:30	14:30 315. Julia Gillard talks to Helena Kennedy Not Now, Not Ever	14:30 316. Marlon James talks to Adam Biles A Brief History of Seven Killings	14:30 F75. Adam Kay & Henry Paker Kay’s Incredible Inventions	14:30 317. Julian Rhind-Tutt, Jack Harries and Jane Davidson in conversation Mobilising for the Future	14:30 F76. Gita Ralleigh The Destiny of Minou Moonshine	14:30 458. BBC Radio 4: Soul Music	14:30 W72. Creative Writing Workshop With Emma Carroll		14:30 MT24. Make & Take Crafting Saturday Afternoon Session
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15:00											15:00 Sold Out W73. Pizza-making Workshop Kitchen Garden Pizza
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15:30										15:30 318. Hay Shantymen
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16:00	16:00 319. Toby Jones (Un)scripted: From Detectorists to Mr Bates vs The Post Office. A Q&A with Toby Jones on his life on stage, screen and TV	16:00 320. Venki Ramakrishnan talks to Adam Rutherford Imagine… Science: Why We Die	16:00 F77. Dermot O’Leary Wings of Glory	16:00 321. Sarah Marsh talks to Suzannah Lipscomb Debut Discoveries: A Sign of Her Own	16:00 F78. Krystal Sutherland The Invocations	16:00 447. BBC Radio 4: The Verb	16:00 Sold Out W74. Creative Writing Workshop With Emma Carroll				16:00 Sold Out W75. Pizza-making Workshop Kitchen Garden Pizza
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17:30	17:30 322. Robin Wall Kimmerer talks to James Rebanks Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants	17:30 324. Hisham Matar, Elif Shafak and Adania Shibli talk to Philippe Sands Writing from Elsewhere	17:30 323. Laura Cumming, Noreen Masud, Madhumita Murgia and Tiya Miles talk to Suzannah Lipscomb Women's Prize for Non-Fiction	17:30 325. Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich talk to Polly Russell Honey & Co: Moorish and Medieval Demo and Tasting	17:30 326. Kevin Barry and Ingrid Persaud talk to Alex Clark Fictions: Vice and Debauchery	17:30 448. BBC Academy: Apache Indian: Song Writing Around the World	17:30 327. Tina Barsby, Graham Brookes and Denis Murphy talk to Jonathon Harrington Food For Thought Workshop
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19:00	19:00 328. Annabelle Hirsch talks to Caroline Sanderson, with readings from Julia Gillard, Helena Kennedy, Miriam Margolyes and Aditi Mittal A History of Women in 101 Objects	19:00 330. Dom Joly and Danny Wallace Comedy and Conspiracy	19:00 329. Roman Krznaric History for Tomorrow	19:00 331. Yordanka Dimcheva and Katharina Karcher Creative Responses to Terror: Three Objects, Six People and Their Stories	19:00 332. Candice Brathwaite and Africa Brooke talk to Nichi Hodgson Manifest and Express Yourself								19:00 333. The Last Days of Franz Kafka With James McVinnie, Toby Jones and Julian Rhind-Tutt
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20:30		20:30 334. Bob Cryer and Miriam Margolyes talk to Alex Clark The Life and Laughs of a Comedy Legend	20:30 335. Simon Armitage and Clive Hicks-Jenkins Hansel & Gretel: The Laureate and the Illuminator		20:30 337. Adam Biles, Hari Kunzru, Isabella Hammad and guests In Writers we Trust?
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21:00	21:00 338. Adam Kay Stand Up: Undoctored
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21:45			21:45 339. Angela Barnes Stand-up: Live
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