Comedians Paul Sinha and Mitch Benn, poet Don Paterson and festival dance highlights
Janice Forsyth presents live from the Edinburgh festivals and is joined by comedians Paul Sinha and Mitch Benn and poet Don Paterson.
Janice Forsyth is live from Edinburgh with highlights from across the festivals.
Comedians Mitch Benn and Paul Sinha talk minor celebrity, satire and coming to terms with modern life.
Don Paterson has been described as "a poet of genius". He tells Janice about his new collection 40 Sonnets. And two young Scottish poets from The Shift Collective, Jenny Lindsay and Bram E Gieben, on creating longer form work for the stage.
Cabaret queen Barb Jungr, and Broadway producer John McDaniel have teamed up for a Fringe show - they perform a selection of songs from their intepretation of Beatles classics, live on stage.
Critic Kelly Apter and dance artists Claire Cunningham and Ben Duke give their festival highlights, and reveal how dance is crossing genre boundaries at this year's festival.
Glasgow theatre-maker Gary McNair talks about creating his Fringe First winning show A Gambler's Guide to Dying.
Bryony Kimmings and her partner Tim Grayburn have created one of the hits of this year's Fringe, Fake It Til You Make It. The show was inspired by Tim's own mental health issues - they explain why they decided to put themselves on the stage to discuss it.
Plus live music from local funk band James Brown Is Annie.
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Mitch Benn and Paul Sinha
Janice has Mitch Benn and Paul Sinha join her on stage at the Edinburgh festival
On Poetry
Jenny Lindsay, Bram Gieben & Don Paterson join Janice to discuss the world of poetry.
Dance
Kelly Apter, Claire Cunningham and Ben Duke discuss dance on stage at 大象传媒 Potterow
Broadcast
- Tue 18 Aug 2015 14:00大象传媒 Radio Scotland
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