GRAMOPHONE: From Where I Sit – April 2020
As some readers may be aware, a significant proportion of my journalism these days is given over to a favourite format – the live public interview. As I write this column an exciting four days beckon during…
COMPARING NOTES: Musical Theatre Stars @ Pizza Express Live Holborn
COURTNEY BOWMAN Sunday 15th March 2020 at 2.00pm (Doors 12.30pm) Comparing Notes brings stars of the West End and Broadway to PizzaExpress Live Holborn. In a lively and informal mix of performance and conversation host Edward Seckerson…
ANTONIO PAPPANO in conversation with Edward Seckerson
Thursday 30th January 2020 7.30pm Bishopsgate Institute. Join us in the stunning Grade II* listed Great Hall at Bishopsgate Institute as we welcome the acclaimed conductor, pianist and Music Director of The Royal Opera, Antonio Pappano, who…
SIR JOHN TOMLINSON CBE in conversation with Edward Seckerson
Champs Hill Friday 31st January 2020 7.30pm Champs Hill is delighted to be welcoming the great British bass – Sir John Tomlinson, CBE, in Conversation with British music journalist and radio presenter, Edward Seckerson. With excerpts from…
Howard Goodall in conversation with Edward Seckerson
Thursday 3rd October 2019 7.30pm Bishopsgate Institute. Howard Goodall is a musician of many facets – composer, writer and TV presenter. He’s the Emmy, BRIT and BAFTA Award-winning composer of classic TV favourites such as The Vicar…
Claude-Michel Schönberg in conversation with Edward Seckerson
St James Concert & Assembly Hall, Guernsey Saturday 29th June 8pm The legendary composer of the musical Les Misérables visits the island where Victor Hugo wrote his classic novel. This June, Take a Left Productions will bring…
BERNSTEIN REVEALED
To mark the centenary of his birth in 2018, Leonard Bernstein enthusiasts Edward Seckerson and Tony Award nominated arranger, composer and musical director Jason Carr are joined by Olivier Award nominee Sophie-Louise Dann to celebrate the musical superman who bestrode…
Patti LuPone in conversation with Edward Seckerson
Sunday 10th March 2019 7pm Theatre Royal Haymarket Broadway legend and two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone sits down with writer and broadcaster Edward Seckerson to talk about her rich and varied career. From her auspicious beginnings…
An Evening with Dame Diana Rigg – Saturday 9th March 2019 7.30pm Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
Dame Diana Rigg’s career has spanned much-loved roles from The Avengers’ Emma Peel to Lady Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones. This rare close encounter with the writer and broadcaster Edward Seckerson promises to leave no stone unturned –…
A Conversation With DAME SIÂN PHILLIPS
Dame Siân Phillips is a celebrated and much loved Welsh star of stage and screen, acclaimed for her scheming Livia in I Claudius (Best Actress BAFTA), her portrayal of Marlene Dietrich in Marlene (UK and USA) and…
