07 March 2025, 18:00 – 22:00
Hesperides Literary & Arts Society Annual Dinner 2025
- LocationBridgetower Room, Lecture Theatre, and Graham Storey Room, Trinity Hall
- Cost£65 or £50 for those who matriculated in 2015 or later
- Booking closing dateWednesday, 19 February 2025 12:00pm
- Dress codeFormal (black tie preferred)
- Event typeExhibition; talk with Q&A, drinks reception, and dinner
The Trinity Hall Hesperides Literary and Arts Society are delighted to announce that their Annual Dinner will take place on Friday 7 March 2025. The dinner is open to all Trinity Hall alumni, and you are invited to bring a guest.
It will provide a wonderful opportunity for alumni to meet with current students, and engage with the flourishing arts scene in College. Prior to the dinner we will be joined by English TV producer Christopher Hall for a talk and Q&A.
The Society is also holding its inaugural Exhibition on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th March, which is free to attend and also open to alumni. Details regarding our exhibition and returning zine are attached below.
Left: snapshots of what the society have been up to this year so far
Programme
18:00-19:00 Talk and Q&A with Christopher Hall in the Lecture Theatre
19:00-19:30 Drinks reception in the Graham Storey Room
19:30-22:00 Dinner in the Graham Storey Room
The exhibition will be held on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 March in the Bridgetower Room. Specific opening times and further details will be communicated before the event.
Speaker
Christopher Hall
Christopher Hall is an English TV producer who has produced notable dramas for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky. Son of Sir Peter Hall, founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and French actress and dancer Leslie Caron, Christopher began his career as an assistant director on films with David Hare, before working his way up through the grades to take on fully-fledged producer roles—starting in 1996 with the BAFTA and RTS award-winning The Final Passage. Christopher is known for his work on The Durrells (2016-2019), starring Keeley Hawes, a beloved ITV drama that captured the hearts of audiences by translating Gerald Durrell’s memoirs about his family’s time in Corfu to the screen.
He has worked with Jed Mecurio (Line of Duty, Bodyguard) twice: first in 2015, producing CRITICAL, a 13-part medical drama for Sky, and again on Bloodlands (2021-2022), a Northern Ireland-set police procedural starring James Nesbitt.
Most recently, Christopher produced a contemporary adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 novel The Day of the Jackal for Sky/Peacock, starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch, which aired in November. With a career spanning three decades, he remains a leading figure in the British television industry and is excited to pass on his insight to the next generation of storytellers.
Hesperides are excited to announce our inaugural exhibition and return of our zine, The Crescent!
Our theme this year is ‘(dis)articulations’—exploring the presence and absence of expression in all its forms.
The exhibition will be held on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 March in Trinity Hall’s Bridgetower Room–perfectly coinciding with our Annual Society Dinner. It promises to be a brilliant showcase of written and visual art from members of the college and wider University. We invite you to enjoy our exhibition upon arrival at the College, before the Dinner begins.
In choosing this prompt, ‘(dis)articulations’, we wanted to provide something that invites a variety of interpretations, allowing creatives to express themselves in a large range of ways. While the full word ‘disarticulation’ typically has a more scientific meaning, the bracketed ‘(dis)’ places emphasis on ‘articulations’ themselves—with the aim of opening up the theme’s scope to allow a more textual artistic focus. Our principal interest is in how different writers and artists choose to articulate, and in their methodologies of expression.
Specific opening times and further details will be communicated before the event.
Booking and cost
The cost is £65 per person, or £50 for those who matriculated in 2015 or later. The price includes a drinks reception, and three-course meal served with wine (non-alcoholic options available). You are invited to bring a guest.
Please note that spaces are limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Guest list
The guest list will be available to view online in due course. Please note that only Trinity Hall members, who have given consent to be included, will appear on the list.
Accommodation
Please be aware that the event takes place during term time and therefore we have very limited accommodation available. If you would like to make an enquiry about our Guest Rooms which are charged at £110 per night, please email alumnievents@trinhall.cam.ac.uk.
Alternative accommodation
For those wishing to stay in a hotel overnight, the University CAMCard entitles you to discounts on selected accommodation including the Møller Institute at Churchill College. Please visit the University website to view the full list. If you don’t already have one, you can apply for a CAMCard online.
Children under 16 are not able to stay in College rooms (unless they are babes in arms) but family-friendly accommodation can be found on the Visit Cambridge website (telephone them on 0871 226 8006) or Cambridge Rooms.
Photography
We like to take photographs at our alumni events to use in our digital and print communications. If you do not wish to have your photo taken, please let us know in advance or on the day.
Cancellations
We are able to offer refunds for bookings cancelled five working days or more before an event. Requests for late refunds will be considered on an individual basis and refunds will be issued at the discretion of the Alumni & Development Office. We cannot accept responsibility if weather or disruption to travel prevents you from attending. Please email Rebecca Horner or contact +44 (0)1223 763385 at the earliest opportunity if you need to cancel a booking.
Contact
If you have any queries, please contact Rebecca Horner at alumnievents@trinhall.cam.ac.uk or call +44 (0)1223 763385.
For general questions about College events, please see our FAQS.
