Ask Cultural Olympiad director

The full London 2012 Festival programme launches on Thursday, the culmination of the cultural events surrounding the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The BBC is hosting a live online Q&A session with Ruth Mackenzie, director of the Cultural Olympiad, with the questions supplied by you.

The festival pulls together major spectacles such as the staging of Shakespeare's plays in 37 languages and the recent David Hockney exhibition, as well as smaller events.

A thousand performances, exhibitions, installations and festivities are planned across the UK until September.

The organisers say it will be the most exciting festival the country has ever seen - but critics have questioned whether people understand the pairing of the arts with the Olympics.

You might like to know how the events were selected for the festival. Do you feel there is enough going on in your area?

Are you already excited about going to an event or do you feel the focus should be purely on sport?

We will put your questions to Ms Mackenzie in a live Twitter session at 15:00 BST on Thursday.

You can also follow or participate on Twitter via @BBC2012 and the hashtag #AskRuth. The full Q&A session will be posted on this page after it finishes.

What would you like to know about the Cultural Olympiad and the London 2012 Festival? Put your questions to Ruth Mackenzie by using the form below.

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