ALAN Cumming will present a DJ set at 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.
Cumming will perform the set after his talk with the broadcaster Kirsty Wark, from 9pm to 12am (last orders at 11.30pm), and will be taking requests.
Cumming, the theatre’s new artistic director, has curated performances, literary lunches with award-winning chefs, yoga sessions, a running and reading experience, and events for audiences of all demographics.
MasterChef 2022 finalist Sarah Rankin, and chef Gareth Cole will present festival’s literary lunches, and Ghillie Basan will talk about food, whisky, and life, accompanied by whisky tastings.
For active attendees, Chris Carse Wilson for a 5km run with readings from his book Fray.
Wilson said: "My novel Fray is an intense exploration of what it means to experience darkness and keep moving on to recovery and to hope. I can't wait to take readers out on a gentle run, mixing movement and words, bringing those pages to life by the banks of the River Tummel.
"To be sharing a weekend with Alan Cumming and other literary superstars is a dream come true. I can think of nowhere better to be than Pitlochry in February, in its beautiful Highland setting, for three days full of celebrating the joys of the written word together."
Some events already sold out, but are tickets are still available for Michael Pedersen, Edinburgh Makar, who will be in discussion with Cumming; writer, musician, and academic Arun Sood; Scotland’s Geographer Royal Jo Sharp; and broadcaster Peter MacQueen.
The festival will also include the "Fierce Salvage: Contemporary Scottish Publishing" panel which will featuring the award-winning independent publisher 404 Ink and author Titilayo Farukuoye, chaired by Heather Parry.
Poet and novelist Pedersen said: “It is a thrill supreme to be part of Pitlochry’s Winter Words Festival. Firstly, because it’s the wonder churner Alan Cumming’s inaugural year, what a salient moment. He’s lit a beacon for the future here.
"Secondly, because some of Scotland’s, thus the world’s, finest writers are zesting to stage – a line-up to rival international literature festivals ten times its size. Thirdly, more personally, because I’ll be doing a world preview of my new novel – something you can only ever do once, and so a moment for the annals. I’m swooning at the thought. Is it time?!”
For tickets and further information visit here or call the Box Office team on 01796 484626.
