Join us for an extraordinary evening with Rupert Everett as he shares insights into his career on screen and discusses his debut collection of captivating short stories The American No. Rupert will be in conversation with the Arts Editor Nina Nannar.
Norfolk-born Rupert Everett is a BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated actor. He first came to public attention in 1981 for his performance in Julian Mitchell’s critically acclaimed play and subsequent film Another Country which garnered him his first BAFTA nomination. From there he has enjoyed a successful career, starring in My Best Friend’s Wedding, An Ideal Husband, A Royal Night Out and voicing Prince Charming in the popular Shrek franchise. He made his directional debut with The Happy Prince, which he wrote and stars in as Oscar Wilde.
He has also excelled in theatre with many notable performances The Vortex and in recent years The Judas Kiss, Pygmalion and Amadeus. Last year he returned to The Royal Theatre of Bath with one of Chekhov’s great theatrical masterpieces Uncle Vanya, which he directed and starred in.
About The American No:
Eight stories of love and loss, drama and glamour, hope and rejection, from a writer at the height of his powers.
In Rupert Everett’s first, glorious collection of stories, he takes us on an exhilarating journey with a cast of extraordinary characters. A blackly humorous story of a chaotic and emotional funeral in Paris. Oscar Wilde’s last night in Paris, vividly evocative, unflinching and elegiac. A middle-aged American-Russian countess who confronts sex and age in a Wiltshire teashop. The ferociously unforgiving life of an L.A. talent agency and the unexpected twist that launches a completely different kind of career. The deathbed confession of a woman who left home for 1850s India, never to return. A story of emigration, love and grief. And a beautifully evocative, touching and witty portrayal of Proust’s creative life and his childhood.
This event is in partnership with UEA.
The event will be followed by a book signing with The Book Hive.
DATE: Thursday 4th December at 6:30pm – 7:30pm, followed by book signing.
VENUE: Lecture Theatre 1, UEA (entrance opposite main library entrance)
TICKETS: Rupert Everett in Conversation Tickets, Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite
