​Join multiple award-winning actor, impressionist, singer, comedian and voice artist, Jess Robinson, for an evening of stories.

​In conversation with presenter and comedian, Stephen Bailey, you can expect a joyful evening of reflections about identity, history and what we can all learn about ourselves.

​'It appalled, uplifted and delighted me. I wish I’d written it.' MIRIAM MARGOLYES

​About Life is Rosi

​Life is Rosi is a fresh and funny family history which looks back at the personal diaries of both Jess and her German Jewish grandmother, Rosi, exploring how both navigated very different lives at the age of 23.

​When Grandma Rosi was 23, she was expelled from Nazi Germany and interned as a refugee in Zbąszyń, Poland. She used her diary to document every detail of her experiences, from being deported by the Gestapo to stolen conversations with her first love. When Jess was 23, she was living in London, struggling with a fledgling acting career and a failed love life. She used her diary to rant about her mum and track her daily calories. 

​Rapidly approaching her 40th birthday, Jess began to dig into the archives of her German Jewish ancestry. With each freshly translated page of her grandmother’s wartime diaries, she set out to discover who Grandma Rosi really was – and maybe learn a thing or two about herself along the way.

​Exploring everything from lessons in resilience to the traits we inherit from our matriarchs, Life is Rosi is a warm, witty and wise book that gets to the heart of who we are, wherever we are.

​About Jess Robinson

​Jess Robinson is an award-winning impressionist, comedian, actor, singer and voice-over artist. Since dazzling audiences on Britain’s Got Talent in 2017, she has become a regular on shows like Dead Ringers, Spitting Image and Horrible Histories, and continues to perform her celebrated live shows across the UK. Her hit podcast ‘Stars in Your Ears’ won Best Entertainment Podcast at the 2021 British Comedy Awards.