Eddie Izzard films at Sussex venue where she worked in cafe as a youngster
and live on Freeview channel 276
She was at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Tuesday (January 11).
The comedian was pictured on the stage wearing a long pink coat and black boots, looking out at empty seats.
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Hide AdA spokesperson for the De La Warr Pavilion said they could not release any details about the filming at present.
They would only say it was an “exciting new project” for the BBC.
Izzard, who is patron of the DLWP, grew up in Bexhill, and went to school in Eastbourne at Bede’s and Eastbourne College, used to work in the self-service cafe at the venue when she was a youngster in the 1970s.
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