BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/about-the-boy-who-h arnessed-the-wind-roundtable-on-creativity-resilience-and-intercultural-tr anslation/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:557e9321-f925-4f9c-93a6-33b3ab9ad075 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260522T070856 DTSTART:20260527T173000 DTEND:20260527T190000 SUMMARY:About "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind": roundtable on creativity\, resilience\, and inter-cultural translation LOCATION:London School of Economics: In person and online public event (LS E Lecture Theatre\, Centre Building) DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 27 May 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakersGeorge HarrisonRichy HughesTim SuttonChairProfessor Denisa KostovicovaAt the age of 14\, Willi am Kamkwamba taught himself how to build a windmill from scrap materials t o generate electricity for his family in drought-stricken Malawi. This ins piring story of resilience\, innovation and entrepreneurship has been deta iled in a memoir (2009)\, a film (2019)\, and now a new West End musical\, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.This roundtable with the artistic creators of the musical explores the creative process\, inter-media and intercultu ral translation\, and empowerment in the face of climate change.Meet our s peakers and chairGeorge Harrison is the dramaturg for The Boy Who Harness ed the Wind. A living testament to the legacy of Empire\, born in Mzimba\, Malawi to a Malawian mother and English father. After spending his early childhood in Malawi and Zambia\, George moved to England and grew up in Ro mford. As an adult\, George has kept strong links with his family in Malaw i\, visiting regularly and maintaining an interest in the culture and poli tics of the country known as ‘The warm heart of Africa’. A childhood f riend of writer Richy Hughes\, George has worked on The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind since its beginning supporting creatives and cast with research a nd background knowledge of Malawian history\, culture and music. He has ha d the privilege of spending time with members of the Kamkwamba family\, in cluding William himself as well as his parents Trywell and Agnes. This is George’s first professional production having worked in education as a m athematics teacher\, college lecturer and headteacher. He was drawn to the production not only because it’s a story from the country of his birth\ , but also because of the example it gives of empowerment through educatio n. George has been involved in developing resources for education\, outrea ch and engagement in support of the production.Richy Hughes is the book w riter and lyricist of The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind. Superhero (Southwark Playhouse) won 2018’s Off-West-End Award for Best New Musical. His adap tation of the kids’ book series ‘Oi Frog!’ was nominated for an Oliv ier Award. Mr Popper’s Penguins enjoyed runs at The Criterion and The Ne w Victory Theatre\, NYC\, as well as extensive UK and US tours. Richy is a member of BML Workshop and MMD Lab.Tim Sutton is the composer and lyricis t for The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind. Tim has written music for the Royal Shakespeare Company\, The Globe and commercial theatre\, most recently Th e Merry Wives of Windsor (RSC) and a bilingual BSL/English production of A ntony and Cleopatra (Globe). Other RSC productions include As You Like It\ , Titus Andronicus\, The Two Noble Kinsmen and Women Beware Women. Product ions for the Globe include a one night only Twelfth Night\, a one night on ly Midsummer Night’s Dream\, and Measure for Measure at the Sam Wanamake r. Other theatre music includes The Lavender Hill Mob (Cheltenham)\, Dream fighter (Lichfield Festival)\, The Bacchae (National Theatre of Scotland)\ , As You Like It (Wyndham's) and As You Desire Me (Playhouse). His opera C ycle Song (lyrics by Ian McMillan) won the Royal Philharmonic Society Lear ning & Participation Award 2012. He is twice recipient of the Stiles and D rewe Best Song Award\, and won the Vivian Ellis Prize for Beauty and the B east. Other musicals include To the Streets! (Book by Roy Williams)\, The Secret Garden (West Yorkshire Playhouse)\, and The Boy Who Harnessed the W ind (with Richy Hughes\, Kenny Wax Productions). Tim writes songs and musi c for radio\, including Mother Courage\, The Now Show\, Paul Sinha’s Per fect Pub Quiz and Alexei Sayle’s Imaginary Sandwich Bar (Series 1-5). Ti m is committed to the development of musical theatre writing. He has been a facilitator for the Book\, Music and Lyrics workshop (BML) since its inc eption in 2011. He tutored on the Writers’ Lab at Birmingham Hippodrome Department of New Musical Theatre.Denisa Kostovicova is Professor of Glob al Politics at the LSE European Institute. She is a leading scholar of con flict and peace processes\, and the author of Reconciliation by Stealth: H ow People Talk about War Crimes and Kosovo: The Politics of Identity and Space. Professor Kostovicova has also edited a number of volumes on post-c onflict reconciliation\, justice and civil society. Professor Kostovicova ’s award-winning academic research has informed policy making at the EU\ , UN\, and in the UK.More about this eventEstablished in 1991\, the LSE Eu ropean Institute is a world-leading centre for the study of Europe in its global context. 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