Screening of The Last Years of Kenneth Williams (2025) plus Q&A with director Wes Butters

About Screening of The Last Years of Kenneth Williams (2025) plus Q&A with director Wes Butters

Kenneth Williams was one of the most unique and beloved figures in British comedy, perhaps best remembered for his peculiar voice and outrageous camp humour. But behind the public persona lay an intensely complicated man, unfulfilled by his career achievements, conflicted about his sexuality, and tormented by his health.

To mark Kenneth’s centenary, this much-anticipated feature-length documentary film is the inside story of his last decade, a period that began after the long-running Carry On film series had fizzled out and that ended with a fatal overdose. It was a busy period, filled with countless chat-show and panel-game appearances, a final theatre play, children’s TV, writing books and directing, while also caring for his elderly mother and suffering bouts of physical and mental pain himself.

For the first time, all four beneficiaries of his Last Will and Testament, plus close friends and colleagues not previously interviewed, have gone before the cameras to give the most revealing and authentic portrait of Kenneth Williams that there will ever be.

After the screening and a break, there will be a Q&A with director Wes Butters and some of those featured in the film.

Doors open at 12.30, for a 13.30 start.

Refreshments will be available in our licensed cafe/bar.