ALAN Cumming will interview Scottish author Val McDermid as part of this year’s Winter Words Festival.
The annual event at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, where Cumming is now artistic director, will run from February 21 to 23.
The programme of authors also includes Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart as well as Mayflies and Caledonian Road author Andrew O’Hagan.
Journalist Kirsty Wark will also be in conversation about her work with Alan Cumming, whose own career is the subject of a Q&A on the morning of the festival.
The Scottish actor commented: “It’s a happy surprise that my first bit of programming as Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s new artistic director is not plays but another of my passions – writers.
“And in the same ay that I want to celebrate and nurture the best of Scottish talent in the work we produce onstage, I also want to make Winter Words Festival a literary celebration of our hugely rich Scottish heritage.
“So, I am delighted that we will be welcoming Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart (above), Mayflies and Caledonian Road author Andrew O’Hagan, the queen of crime Val McDermid, former Makar Liz Lochhead and current Edinburgh Makar Michael Pedersen.
“We’ll also have a play, a play reading, cooking, yoga and running events, the Geographer Royal and to top it all, Kirsty Wark.”
Members priority booking is currently on sale until November 28 but you can click HERE for more information on all the events.
General sale will begin on Friday, November 29.
