Book Passage At The Curran Welcomes Eric Idle As Part Of CURRAN: SHOW & TELL Series

Carole Shorenstein Hays announced today that Book Passage at the Curran will welcome Eric Idle-best known for his unforgettable roles in Monty Python-on Tuesday, October 9 at 7 p.m. The event is part of Curran's popular SHOW & TELL series, featuring provocative, topical and entertaining one-night-only events. Sharing stories from his newest book "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography" (out October 2018), Idle will reflect on the meaning of his own life and share his remarkable, absurdly funny journey from his childhood spent in a charity boarding school to his successful career in radio, comedy, television, theater, and film. Tickets for the Eric Idle SHOW & TELL event are $45-$95 and include an autographed copy of the book. Tickets will be available beginning Wednesday, August 1, by visiting SFCURRAN.com.

A legend in his own lunchtime and author of many books, some not half bad, some not even a quarter bad, Eric has finally entered his anecdotage, with the last word in Python memoirs. "Hopefully," says Eric, noting he is the last of the legendary group to tell his story.

Coming of age as a writer and comedian during the sixties and seventies, Idle stumbled into the crossroads of the Cultural Revolution and found himself rubbing shoulders with the likes of George Harrison, David Bowie, and Robin Williams, all of whom became lifelong friends. With anecdotes sprinkled throughout that involve such close friends and luminaries as Mick Jagger, Steve Martin, Paul Simon, Mike Nichols, and many more-let alone the Pythons themselves-Idle captures a time of tremendous creative output with equal hilarity and heart. In "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life", named after the song he wrote for "Life of Brian," that has since become the number one song played at funerals in the UK, he shares the highlights of his life and career with the offbeat humor that has delighted audiences for five decades.

>From the White House to the Great White Way, SHOW & TELL's all-star lineup also features some of theater's most celebrated artists, including former FBI Director James Comey, former White House photographer Pete Souza, David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori -- the writers and creative minds behind SOFT POWER -- and Broadway legend Patti LuPone.

"I want each of these evenings to feel like we've all wound up at a great, eclectic dinner party, full of lively conversation and fabulously engaging guests. We set out to change the cultural conversation. So let's converse!" said Carole Shorenstein Hays.

Upcoming SHOW & TELL events include heralded award-winning playwright and actress, recently of "Black Panther" fame, Danai Gurira, and Tony Award-winning director George C. Wolfe; event dates and times to be announced at a later date.