Joanna Lumley to headline Festival of Ideas in Kirkcaldy

The actor, presenter and campaigner will be on stage at the Adam Smith Theatre in Kirkcaldy on Saturday, March 21.

Tickets go on sale today (Thursday) and are expected to sell out in very quick time.

She will be in conversation with actor, Arabella Weir, director of the festival, which is organised by the Adam Smith Global Foundation.

Lumley’s career has encompassed everything from the catwalk to film, theatre and television as well as a number of well received travelogues.

She made her breakthrough in 1976 as Purdey in the hit series The New Avengers, in which she starred with Patrick MacNee and Gareth Hunt.

She also enjoyed huge succes in the role of Patsy Stone in the hit series Absolutely Fabulous which first aired in 1992.

Its success led to a spin-off movie which saw Lumley reprise her legendary role as the often drunk fashion editor.

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She has appeared in many other TV shows, including Coronation Street,and launched a hugely enjoyable series of travel shows which have taken her down the Nile, and to Greece and Japan,she’s gone in search of Noah’s Ark, visited Iran and travelled 6400 miles from Hong Kong to Moscow, along the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Lumley brings a touch of showbiz to the festival which also includes the Adam Smith Lecture given by Henrietta H. Fore, UNICEF’s executive director, on the 20th, and a food festival organised by Fife College and BID company Kirkcaldy4All.

Marilyn Livingstone, CEO of the foundation, said: “We are delighted to have attracted such world-renowned celebrities to Kirkcaldy.

“The festival will help support our economic and social regeneration projects and the Adam Smith Birthplace initiative.”

She added: “I feel very proud that Kirkcaldy has been able to attract such a strong cast for our 2020 Adam Smith Festival.”

The weekend long gathering will also include a family fun day at the Adam Smith Theatre as well as live music from well-known local band Gaels Blue.

Tickets from the theatre box office on (01592) 583302 or at www.onfife.com