In conversation with Armando Iannucci

In conversation with Armando Iannucci

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Tuesday, 3rd February 2015
"Armando Iannucci"

The writer, producer and director behind The Thick of It, In The Loop and VEEP comes to the RTS for an intimate early evening chat

The comedy writer and producer behind In The Loop, The Thick of It and Veep - Armando Iannucci - is coming to the RTS for an early evening chat about his critically-acclaimed career. 

In what promises top be an intimate, entertaining and lively evening, the showmaker will be put through the paces by Sky's Head of Comedy, Lucy Lumsden, on March 25. 

The event will be rich in clips, featuring comedians that have influenced his career, and some of Iannucci's favourite moments from several decades of acclaimed comedy writing and producing. 

Click here now to book. 

Armando Iannucci, who splits his time between the UK and the US - where he is filming series four of Veep - is known for writing and co-producing the Alan Partridge shows and film alongside Steve Coogan, as well as In The Loop and The Thick of It

The Italo-Glaswegian's screenplay for In The Loop was nominated for an Oscar in 2009, and The Thick of It has been nominated for 14 Baftas, winning five.

But there are plenty more strings to his bow. An Oxford graduate and one-time Milton scholar, Iannucci has also presented television documentaries on Charles Dickens and John Milton, written a regular column for the Observer and several books that go alongside his television series.

Armando Iannucci in Conversation with Lucy Lumsden will take place at Telford Theatre, One Great George Street, Westminster, at 6.45pm on 25 March. Click here to book.

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The writer, producer and director behind The Thick of It, In The Loop and VEEP comes to the RTS for an intimate early evening chat