TCD Dining Club London – Michaelmas Term Dinner
The TCD London Dining Club is holding their Michaelmas Term Dinner on Thursday 28 November in the elegant surrounds of Mayfair's Savile Club. The evening will begin with a drinks reception at 7.00pm, with guests seated for dinner at 7.30pm. The dress code is Lounge Suits.
The evening's speaker will be Fiona Shaw, a multi-award winning actress whose title roles have included the RSC’s Medea, Electra & Richard II as well as Killing Eve’s Head of MI6 and Harry Potter’s Aunt Petunia.
Tickets are £70 per person and guests are most welcome. Please book early, at least one week in advance. To book your place, please follow the instructions below.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER – Fiona Shaw
For an actress best known for her classical stage work in London theatres and on Broadway, Fiona Shaw is suddenly all over our screens. In 2018/19, she has popped up on TV in Killing Eve and Mrs Wilson, and in cinemas in Lizzie and Colette. In July 2019, she made a guest appearance in the feverishly-awaited second series of Fleabag, as well as reprising her role in Killing Eve’s second series, having won a BAFTA in May 2019 for her role in the first series.
Fiona graduated from University of Cork and then trained at RADA, collecting a Gold Medal in her final year. She made her name at the RSC and the National Theatre, where she shone in some of the great tragic roles, including Medea, Electra, Richard II, Mother Courage and Hedda Gabler. In 2015, she produced two operas for the Glyndebourne Festival, The Rape of Lucretia by Britten and Cendrillon by Jules Massenet.
Her film credits include My Left Foot, The Butcher Boy and the Harry Potter series, where she played Aunt Petunia Dursley. Recently, Fiona seems to have become Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s muse-cum-mascot, with roles in both her TV spy thriller Killing Eve as icy Carolyn Martens, head of MI6’s Russian desk, and now as the anti-heroine’s therapist in her comedy Fleabag. Her pièce de résistance is her 37-minute recital from memory of an adaptation of T.S. Elliot’s Waste Land poem, which she has performed in venues from Wilton’s Music Hall to Madison Park.
Fiona has won many awards during her eclectic career, including four Olivier awards for ‘best actress’ in RSC and National Theatre productions, and an honorary CBE for services to drama. She was awarded a Litt D by TCD and is their Honorary Professor of Drama.
MEMBERSHIP OF THE TCD DINING CLUB LONDON
Membership of the TCD Dining Club London is open to all graduates of Trinity College Dublin who enjoy good dinners in good company. Life membership costs £25 (one-off payment). Application forms are available on the website, or from the Secretary, secretary@tcddiningclublondon.co.uk