Wilton's

Wilton’s favourite storytelling show returns with a knockout lineup of six of the biggest names in Music, Comedy, Film and Theatre: David Suchet, Deborah Frances-White, Katie Melua, Tim McInnerny, Helen Lederer and Mark Dolan. 

This event launches The Beautiful Word, a new capital campaign to enrich audience comfort, enhancing acoustics and seating at Wilton’s.  

All proceeds from tickets for the event will go directly towards supporting The Beautiful Word campaign.

Mixing the best elements of Desert Island Discs, The Moth and TED Talks, OneTrackMinds asks six guests to share a story about a particular song or piece of music that has - in some way - changed their life. It might be a song that has inspired their greatest work or made them fall in love. It might be a song that soundtracked their biggest achievement, or gave them solace in their darkest hour. It might be a song they love, or a song they hate. And once they’ve told their story, we all listen to their chosen track.  

To reflect the history of this amazing venue, this special one-off edition of OneTrackMinds will reflect the history – and future – of Music Hall with a lineup of national treasures from the worlds of Music, Theatre and Comedy. 

Light bites and drinks will be available from 3pm.

Running time: 1 hour and 50 minutes, including a 20 minute interval.
If you have booked for the drinks and canapé reception this will be held in the Cocktail Bar on the first floor of the theatre during the interval.

Find out more about supporting The Beautiful Word campaign.

Image © Peter Dazeley

Guests
Chair of Wilton's The Beautiful Word Capital Campaign and BAFTA Award-winning actor David Suchet C. B. E. is one of the greatest stage and screen actors of his generation. Most recently David starred in Jonathan Church’s revival of Arthur Miller’s The Price at Theatre Royal Bath and the Wyndham’s Theatre in London. David is perhaps best known for bringing Agatha Christie’s infamous Hercule Poirot to life, filming his final scene as the detective in 2013 after 25 years in the role.

Deborah Frances-White is a stand-up comedian, podcaster, screenwriter and corporate speaker. You may have heard her on The Guilty Feminist podcast, seen her on Have I Got News For You or seen the film Say My Name which she wrote.

15 years since the release of her debut album, the chart topping ‘Call Off The Search’, Katie Melua continues to astonish audiences around the world with her extraordinary voice. Her unique ability to truly inhabit a song has been constant since the young age of 19, when she released her debut ‘The Closest Thing To Crazy’. One of the UK’s highest-selling female recording artists of all time, Katie has released 7 top 10 studio albums – ‘Call Off The Search’, ‘Piece By Piece’, ‘Pictures’, ‘The House’, ‘Secret Symphony’, ‘Ketevan’ and, most recently, 2016’s self-produced, critically acclaimed ‘In Winter’.

Tim McInnerny is an actor known for his many roles on television and stage, including playing Lord Percy Percy and Captain Darling in the Blackadder series and Max in Notting Hill.

Helen Lederer is one of Britain's best known familiar faces in the field of comedy, writing and acting. 

Mark Dolan is an award-winning broadcaster and comedian, perhaps best-known as host of the iconic Channel 4 comedy series Balls of Steel.