Shaw Festival London 2026 – An evening of two Films about Shaw + Q&A

To celebrate the Centenary of George Bernard Shaw receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature 1926, The Irish Cultural Centre, in partnership with The Shaw Society, will host the first “Shaw Festival London” from July 10th –12th, 2026. The festival will feature a
programme of theatre, films, and lectures, celebrating the rich legacy of the award-winning playwright, author, satirist and critic, George Bernard Shaw.

Q&A
The evening will be followed by a Q&A with The Shaw Society’s Vice-Chair Murray Rosenthal, who will be in conversation with Neil Titley to talk about George Bernard Shaw and his personal links to the great man.

The evening will be opened by Maureen Clark-Darby, Chair of The Shaw Society.

“An Interview with Sir Michael Holroyd” on Film
Directed by Neil Titley: Length 30mins: Year 1988.
Michael Holroyd is seen in-conversation with Neil Titley. Sir Michael Holroyd is famed for his biographies, especially that of George Bernard Shaw. His distinguished career has included becoming President of The Royal Society of Literature, President of The Shaw Society and Honorary Patron of The Oscar Wilde Society. His awards include the 2001 Heywood Hill Literary Prize and the 2005 David Cohen Prize for literature. In 2006, he was awarded The Golden PEN Award for “a Lifetime’s Distinguished Service to Literature” In 2007 he received a Knighthood. This interview is studded with his fascinating insights into the great writer and dramatist, George Bernard Shaw.

‘Shaw’s Corner’ – Film
Written by Neil Titley: Performed by Dermot Walsh
Directed by Antony Sellers; Televised in 1988: Length 45mins
This one man show was adapted from the writings of G.B Shaw by Neil Titley; it was created in 1987 and first performed as a stage play by the poet and actor Malcolm Wroe. This Arts Channel TV production stars the great Irish Abbey Theatre actor and movie star Dermot Walsh, (1924- 2002) who plays Shaw at the end of his life. Well known in the title role of the 1960s series ‘Richard the Lionheart’, in 1949, Walsh appeared in the first production of ‘Buoyant Billions’, overseen by G.B Shaw himself. This powerful and moving film was eventually broadcast in over twenty countries.