BAFTA-winning actor Vicky McClure MBE is best known for her roles in Line of Duty, Trigger Point, Insomnia, and This is England. Alongside producing and writing, Vicky fronted Our Dementia Choir after her late grandmother’s diagnosis and led two celebrated BBC documentaries about dementia and the power of music.

Andrew Edwards is an award-winning broadcaster, event host, scriptwriter, voice artist, and university lecturer in radio journalism and production. Andrew spent over 30 years at BBC Radio Leeds and was given a Dementia Hero award by the Alzheimer’s Society for his powerful audio series ‘Mum and Me: The Dementia Diary.’

Dr Nicky Taylor is a Leeds Beckett University Research Fellow in the Centre for Dementia Research and Senior Atlantic Fellow with the Global Brain Health Institute. Nicky’s award-winning work champions co-production and arts/science integration, leading a pioneering Leeds Playhouse theatre programme that challenges stigma and empowers people living with dementia.

Our Dementia Choir, led by BAFTA-winning actor Vicky McClure MBE in a 2018 BBC documentary, showed the powerful impact of music on those living with dementia. Now a registered charity, the Nottingham-based choir has performed for thousands, appeared on major UK and US shows, and contributed to ground-breaking research on music’s benefits for dementia.

• Pre-show performance by Duncan Goodwin, finalist on Channel 4’s The Piano
• Event starts – welcome and intro by host Andrew Edwards
• Discussion / Q&A with Vicky McClure MBE and Dr Nicky Taylor, followed by audience Q&A
• Comfort break
• Short chat with choir members and family/carers
• Our Dementia Choir performance (approx. 30 mins)