Sometimes only a poem will do. In the years since he first had the idea of prescribing short, powerful poems for all manner of spiritual ailments, William Sieghart has taken his Poetry Pharmacy around the length and breadth of Britain, into the pages of the Guardian, onto BBC Radio 4 and onto the television, honing his prescriptions all the time. In what is sure to be a mesmerising performance, Helena Bonham Carter and friends will explore poetry to ease any ailment: from loneliness, lack of courage, heartbreak, hopelessness, or even from an excess of ego… Join us for a very special Poetry Pharmacy in the sumptuous surrounds of Hampton Court Palace.