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Live from Edinburgh with drag act Denim, Maggie O'Farrell, Penelope Skinner and Terry O'Donovan

Author Maggie O'Farrell on her unconventional memoir, detailing her 17 brushes with death, performance from drag girl band Denim, and two plays that dramatize our online lives.

The drag girl band Denim was Cambridge University's first drag troupe when they formed in 2010. Now, they're back in Edinburgh and for Front Row perform a song from their Reunion Tour and discuss how their drag comes with a political and uplifting message.

Author Maggie O'Farrell talks about the art of writing life stories as her own memoir I Am, I Am, I Am tops the bestseller charts, structured around 17 moments in her life when death came terrifyingly close.

Two new plays, Angry Alan and User Not Found, focus on online identities - with Angry Alan already winning a Fringe First prize. Writer Penelope Skinner and creator Terry O'Donovan talk to Kirsty about dramatizing online experiences and legacies.

Presenter : Kirsty Lang
Producer : Jerome Weatherald.

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30 minutes

Denim

Main image: Denim

Denim are performing their Reunion Tour until 26 Aug at the

Maggie O'Farrell

Maggie O'Farrell
Maggie O'Farrell
Photo credit: Murdo McLeod

Maggie's memoir聽I Am, I Am, I Am is available

Penelope Skinner

Penelope Skinner
Penelope Skinner
Photo credit: Rebecca Need-Menear

Angry Alan is at the until 26 Aug

Meek is at the until 26 Aug

Terry O'Donovan

Terry O'Donovan
Terry O'Donovan

User Not Found at the Edinburgh Festival is at聽

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest Denim
Interviewed Guest Maggie O'Farrell
Interviewed Guest Penelope Skinner
Interviewed Guest Terence O'Donovan
Producer Jerome Weatherald

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  • Tue 14 Aug 2018 19:15

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