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Janice Forsyth talks the UK’s first lady of musical theatre, KERRY ELLIS who originated the role of Meat in Queen’s We Will Rock You and was the first British ‘Elphaba’ in the West End production of Wicked. (which she followed by playing the role on Broadway for six months). Her other credits include Nancy in Oliver! at the London Palladium, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady (her West End debut), Ellen in Miss Saigon and Fantine in Les Miserables!

Now she is celebrating the music of rock legends Queen like never before, with QUEEN MACHINE SYMPHONIC - FEATURING KERRY ELLIS and we’ll hear all about it…

In the first instalment of a new regular feature, entitled ‘Now Streaming’ Arts critic, Eddie Harrison will guide us though everything we need to know about ‘TV Streaming Services’ and provide some recommendations & reviews of top titles currently streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Now TV and more…

One of Ireland’s best and best loved writers, Roddy Doyle, is touring the UK and Ireland in 2020 with an intimate and entertaining live discussion of his work: Conversations with Roddy Doyle; it’s coming to The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh on the 12th of March and Roddy will be on hand to tell us all about what audiences can expect…

Janice will also discuss the powerful and poignant memoir, Motherwell from the late journalist Deborah Orr with regular critics, Jane Graham and Catherine Simpson. It explores the effects of her strict parenting and her own strong desire for independence and autonomy, which led her to flee her roots, first to St Andrews University, with mixed results, and then to her hugely successful career as a journalist and writer in London.

All that and the brilliant David Tennant(!) who will be discussing his role in the new TV crime thriller Deadwater Fell