

# Event Details

- **Event Name**:  Torbay Literary Festival: Melvyn Hayes
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 12 Aug, 2026 at 02:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Melvyn Hayes – Still with us and making us laugh

Few people can be genuinely called a ‘Living Comedy Legend’ but Melvyn Hayes certainly warrants that title. He has spent an incredible 75 years in showbusiness, though is probably best known, to TV audiences as Gunner ‘Gloria’ Beaumont in ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’. He has appeared in over 50 films including ‘Summer Holiday’ and ‘The Young Ones’, with Cliff Richard.

Most recently Melvyn has appeared in ‘Benidorm’ and ‘Would I Lie to You?’; Now, at the age of 91 he has finally got round to writing his memoirs ‘It Ain’t Half Late Mum’. Melvyn was evacuated as a child during World War Two, to nearby Dawlish, and will talk about that time, as well as, behind-the-scenes, stories from an incredibly varied life on stage and screen.

He has promised to stay alive, at least until the late afternoon on 12 August, when he will be signing books after his interview. You can e-mail Melvyn questions in advance of the day to questions@torbayliteraryfestival.co.uk.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/paignton/torbay-literary-festival-melvyn-hayes/200029803380345
- **Event Categories**: festivals, art, literary-art, comedy, entertainment, holiday, half-term
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.palacetheatrepaignton.co.uk/shows/torbay-literary-festival-melvyn-hayes/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=paignton-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Paignton
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Palace Theatre
- **lat**: 50.435190444341
- **long**: -3.570799864245
- **full address**: Palace Theatre, Centrepeace, 56 Palace Avenue, Paignton, TQ3 3HF, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Palace Theatre (https://allevents.in/org/palace-theatre/11315883)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 12 Aug, 2026 at 02:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Palace Theatre, Centrepeace, 56 Palace Avenue, Paignton, TQ3 3HF, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Palace Theatre
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** festivals, art, literary-art, comedy, entertainment, holiday, half-term
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about  Torbay Literary Festival: Melvyn Hayes ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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