Thursday 19th May 2016 11.30am, The Chapel Sydmonton Court The Festival is thrilled to welcome Elaine Paige – actress, singer, producer, radio presenter and mega-star of musical theatre – to stunning Sydmonton Court, the private home of Andrew Lloyd…

Sunday 7th February 2016 3.00pm, St James Theatre Dame Diana Rigg is one of our most distinguished actresses and has had an extensive, award-winning career in theatre, film and television. Dame Diana trained at RADA, made her professional…

Patricia Hodge is one of Britain’s most popular and versatile actresses. Her distinguished career on stage, film and television ranges from Shakespeare to comedies and modern classics. Her most recent stage appearance was in the West End…

Renée Fleming, as part of Ms Fleming’s Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Opera Studies at the University of Oxford, November 2013. The discussion flowed from Edward’s opening question: ‘What makes now a different time to be a singer…

Maureen Lipman, the much-loved and extraordinarily versatile actress who made a sitcom of a commercial and whose stage work has ranged from Olivier’s National Theatre and the musicals of Leonard Bernstein and Rodgers and Hammerstein to a…

Music Director of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Antonio Pappano, world-renowned pianist and conductor, will tell us about his extraordinary musical background and life. In discussion with well-known interviewer Edward Seckerson, he will reveal just…