Meet Christopher Eccleston ahead of his LIFI23 appearance

June 9, 2023

We caught up with Christopher Eccleston ahead of his headline chat for #LIFI23. Watch the video below in full as our resident journalist Larry Budd sets the scene. We chat about Manchester, the North, his last two times at Leeds Playhouse and what attracted him to a festival of ideas.

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