Join us for a night of laughs and entertainment with one of today’s best-loved British actors, Hugh Bonneville, whose credits include Downton Abbey, Notting Hill and Paddington.Hugh will be live and in person talking about his moving memoir Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru on Tuesday November 15 at 7 p.m. This is an NJ exclusive!

Whether telling stories of working with divas, Dames, or a bear with a penchant for marmalade, Hugh creates a brilliantly vivid picture of a career on stage and screen. A wickedly funny storyteller, Hugh also writes movingly about his upbringing and the secret he learned about his mother after her death. You won’t want to miss Hugh entertain with stories of his life as an actor!

Tickets to hear Hugh Bonneville in person cost $35 and include a copy of the book Playing Under the Piano (value $29). Books will be available to be picked up from Festival partner watchung booksellers after the book’s publication on Tuesday November 8, 2022. Books will also be available for collection at the event. Hugh will be signing books at the event. Buy tickets here bit.ly/HughB1115.

This event will be held Temple Ner Tamid, 936 Broad St, Bloomfield. We are currently not requiring any Covid safety precautions but we will review closer to the time. Precautions may include mask wearing and social distancing inside the venue.

Any proceeds from the festival benefit parent organization, Montclair-based non-profit Succeed2gether, which offers after-school one-on-one tutoring and enrichment classes with the aim of closing the education and opportunity gaps in Essex County, NJ. You can read more about Succeed2gether and the festival at www.succeed2gether.org.

The festival organizing committee wishes to thank its event partners, festival sponsors, and community members.