DOCTOR Jonathan Miller – one of post-war Britain’s most intriguing polymaths – is appearing at the Regent Theatre in Christchurch on Thursday, September 18.
Born into an intellectual milieu, between Bloomsbury and Harley Street, Miller has since forged a career as a leading actor, theatre-maker and self-taught opera director.
He is a satirist, humourist, public intellectual and TV personality.
Co-creator of the seminal comedy revue, Beyond the Fringe, his writing helped launch the careers of Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Alan Bennett.
His talents and interests encompass many areas, from neuropsychology to the arts, atheism, criticism and of course, comedy.
Rarely a man to say no, Sir Jonathan says that his reputation as a polymath rests on “being pathetically susceptible to someone knocking on my door with a frisbee in their hand saying ‘Do you want to come out and play?’”
He is at the Regent Theatre in Christchurch at 7.30pm on Thursday, September 18.
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