Comedian Jo Brand will be rounding off an impressive line up at a fundraising event for Oxford hospice Helen & Douglas House at Oxford Playhouse.
Based on Radio 4’s Chain Reaction show, Full Circle aims to raise about £7,000 for the East Oxford charity.
Peep Show star David Mitchell and actor Tom Hollander will also be appearing at the Oxford Playhouse event on Sunday, October 2.
Ms Brand’s involvement means there will be a trio of Bafta Award winners taking part.
They will also be joined in an evening of light conversation and debate by John Lloyd, creator of QI and numerous other television shows, and Sister Frances Dominca, founder of Helen House.
Full Circle has been organised by the team behind Childish Things, the annual comedy night in aid of the hospice which raises tens of thousands of pounds each year.
As on the Chain Reaction programme, the stars will take it in turns to interview each other, with the last interviewee turning interviewer.
The final interviewee will then turn the tables on the first interviewer.
Organiser Kate Day said she hit on the idea while listening to the Radio 4 show and realised it could be the basis of a great night at the theatre.
She said: “I love the fact that you find things about people you didn’t necessarily know.”
After getting permission from Radio 4 to use the format, Ms Day and co-organiser Lizzie Pickering set about finding potential interviewees.
The challenge was to find people with some sort of connection to each other, which was also relevant to Helen House. Jo Brand has previously appeared in Childish Things at the New Theatre.
She spoke earlier of her admiration for Helen House, the world’s first children’s hospice, built in 1982 and Douglas House, which opened in 2004, as the world’s first hospice specifically for young adults.
She said: “I think the work of Helen & Douglas House is essential, admirable, touching, wonderful and amazing. I am happy to support them.”
Tickets cost £20 from the Playhouse box office on 01865 305305 or from oxfordplayhouse.com
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