Tuppence Middleton: Scorpions

The festival is delighted to welcome celebrated actress and Queen's Park local Tuppence Middleton to talk about her acclaimed memoir Scorpions in which she shares her experiences of living with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Tuppence's film and television appearances include The Imitation Game, Downton Abbey, War & Peace and Black Mirror. In 2025 she played Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux in the stage adaptation of her autobiographical novel The Years.

Since its publication, Scorpions has been celebrated as a rare and moving account of living with one of society's most misunderstood disorders. 

"My mind is full of scorpions. A cerebral itch, impossible to scratch. I know these creatures well, but they know me better. They answer to another name, this nest of scorpions, the writhing black mass that lives inside my head…"

A skilful, poetic and bleakly funny account of coping with a lifelong condition ― The Guardian

Saturday 5th September, 5:30pm