New Live at Zedel season to feature Joanna Lumley, Dawn French, Scott Alan, Alice Fearn and more

The 2018 winter and spring season at Live at Zedel has been announced, with Joanna Lumley, Dawn French, Scott Alan, Matt Henry, Amy Lennox and Natasha Barnes just some of the names in the line up.

Drag queen La Voix returns to Live at Zedel with her series La Voix Meets where stars such as Lumley (17 January), psychic Sally Morgan (February 5), and French (March 14) will be interviewed.

Scott Alan begins his week-long residency as part of the season where his special guests include Alice Fearn, Sophie Evans, Matt Henry, Amy Lennox, Natasha Barnes, Tyrone Huntley and Marisha Wallace. The week begins 29 February.

Alexander Bermange's musical revue I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical also runs for nine performances from 9 April.

West End star Janie Dee is back at Crazy Coqs on the 11, 12, 16 and 17 March following her show earlier this year, while Julian Ovenden will stage an evening with at the venue on 11 to 14 February.

Joe Stilgoe and Friends returns for a week-long residency from 28 May to June 3. Elsewhere in the line up, TV chef Jay Rayner returns with his jazz band The Jay Rayner Quartet and Mike Parkinson, son of Michael Parkinson, hosts his own chat show with Barrie Rutter as his first guest. Edinburgh Festival show Dad's Army Radio Hour runs at the venue from 3 January.