Janet Christie

Watching Maureen Beattie perform at his school was a life-changing moment for the Scottish star​ and now he's cast her as the lead in a bold new inclusive Lear

Watching Maureen Beattie perform at his school was a life-changing moment for the Scottish star​ and now he's cast her as the lead in a bold new inclusive Lear

Stockard Channing and David Westhead started in theatre and now the Grease and West Wing star makes her directorial debut with a Fringe production of Beckett’s darkly humorous Krapp’s Last Tape starring her old friend. They talk friendship, the play’s relevance and The Wembley To Soweto Foundation.

Ahead of his Edinburgh International Book Festival appearances the Scottish writer looks back at a Hebridean journey of discovery that sparked his latest work.

It’s not about how your house looks, but how it makes you feel, says the interior design guru who wants to make Scottish homes healthier and happier

Janet Christie argues that musicians should do their very best to get old before they die

The broadcaster and women’s rights activist makes her Fringe debut with a show that aims to ‘normalise the normal’ with laughter and liberation.

As he prepares to open the Edinburgh International Festival with All Rise, a 12-movement jazz symphony, the acclaimed trumpeter and composer talks about collaboration and hope, his connection to Scotland, not least through his wife, violinist and EIF director Nicola Benedetti, and the fun of working with 200 musicians and singers for the Usher Hall concert

Matt Haig’s latest book, The Midnight Train, is his first love story. He spoke to Janet Christie about the novel’s themes and how he has learned to cope with his diagnosis of ADHD and autism.

The star of Cathy talks about the role which was written for her by Eilidh Loan, the importance of representing working-class women authentically and the seam of humour that sits alongside tragedy.