Mel Giedroyc - The Comeback
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An afternoon with Comedian, TV Host and bestseller
Mel Giedroyc
The Comeback
Wed 23rd Sept 2026
at The Clifton Arms Hotel, Lytham 1.30pm (doors 1pm)
Tickets £28 from the bookshop
include welcome drink, authors talk and signed Hardback
Beloved Comedian and TV Host Mel Giedroyc – best known for hosting Great British Bake Off, Light Lunch and Mel & Sue – and Sunday Times bestselling author, will be talking about her hilarious new novel The Comeback.
‘I enjoyed it HUGELY. A real treat’ MARIAN KEYES
‘A brilliant cast of characters and properly funny!’ GRAHAM NORTON
‘A warm contemporary fable bursting with colourful characters and comic energy’ DAILY MAIL
‘Exactly like Mel herself: engaging, uproarious and gleeful. A stonking good read’ JO BRAND
Sometimes life surprises you with an encore… Twenty years ago, aspiring performer Gill Piper boarded a bus out of Leatherhead with a spring in her step and stars in her eyes. Things didn’t quite pan out…
Back home again, Gill finds much has changed. Young Lights, the youth theatre group which coaxed her out of her shell, is no more. The theatre itself, once the heartbeat of the community, now feels like a has-been; Gill can relate.
When Gill learns the theatre is approaching its hundredth year, she decides to put on a spectacular anniversary show to give it a comeback and unite the town. She has just eight weeks, but if she can persuade some shy newcomers to step into the spotlight, it might just be possible. But Gill hasn’t counted on self-appointed Artistic Director and diva extraordinaire Carla Keswick, who declares war.
Can Gill and her unlikely company of amateurs defy Carla’s dirty tricks, and prove it’s never too late for a curtain call?
Format: Welcome drink & Signed book on arrival, followed by author talk and audience Q&A
Venue: The Clifton Arms Hotel, West Beach, Lytham FY8 5QJ
Tickets: from the bookshop at 87c Clifton St, Lytham FY8 5ER, or by telephone 01253 796 958
Mel Giedroyc
The Comeback
Wed 23rd Sept 2026
at The Clifton Arms Hotel, Lytham 1.30pm (doors 1pm)
Tickets £28 from the bookshop
include welcome drink, authors talk and signed Hardback
Beloved Comedian and TV Host Mel Giedroyc – best known for hosting Great British Bake Off, Light Lunch and Mel & Sue – and Sunday Times bestselling author, will be talking about her hilarious new novel The Comeback.
‘I enjoyed it HUGELY. A real treat’ MARIAN KEYES
‘A brilliant cast of characters and properly funny!’ GRAHAM NORTON
‘A warm contemporary fable bursting with colourful characters and comic energy’ DAILY MAIL
‘Exactly like Mel herself: engaging, uproarious and gleeful. A stonking good read’ JO BRAND
Sometimes life surprises you with an encore… Twenty years ago, aspiring performer Gill Piper boarded a bus out of Leatherhead with a spring in her step and stars in her eyes. Things didn’t quite pan out…
Back home again, Gill finds much has changed. Young Lights, the youth theatre group which coaxed her out of her shell, is no more. The theatre itself, once the heartbeat of the community, now feels like a has-been; Gill can relate.
When Gill learns the theatre is approaching its hundredth year, she decides to put on a spectacular anniversary show to give it a comeback and unite the town. She has just eight weeks, but if she can persuade some shy newcomers to step into the spotlight, it might just be possible. But Gill hasn’t counted on self-appointed Artistic Director and diva extraordinaire Carla Keswick, who declares war.
Can Gill and her unlikely company of amateurs defy Carla’s dirty tricks, and prove it’s never too late for a curtain call?
Format: Welcome drink & Signed book on arrival, followed by author talk and audience Q&A
Venue: The Clifton Arms Hotel, West Beach, Lytham FY8 5QJ
Tickets: from the bookshop at 87c Clifton St, Lytham FY8 5ER, or by telephone 01253 796 958
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Clifton Arms Hotel, West Beach,Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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