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The Culture Café: 18/12/2012

18/12/2012

BBC Radio Scotland - The Culture Café, 18/12/2012

Jane Graham reviews The Snowman and the Snowdog, the long-awaited sequel to The Snowman.

Jane Graham reviews The Snowman and the Snowdog, the long-awaited sequel to Raymond Briggs' The Snowman. Plus the latest board games get the Culture Cafe treatment.

We have accessible theatre performances for the deaf and blind, but what about those with autism? Clare will be in conversation with director Graham McLaren about his pioneering autism friendly performance of a Christmas Carol.

30 years ago the world was captivated by a small boy called James and his magical snowy friend. Ever since then, 'the Snowman' creator Raymond Briggs has blocked the production of a sequel - until now! Jane Graham reviews 'The Snowman and the Snowdog'.

We hear from Leonard Cohen's son Adam about his own musical journey and his latest album, 'I'm Your Man'. He'll even be playing us a song from it!

And, if you believe the rumours, there is actually very little point buying Christmas presents this year - as the world is going to end on 21st December! We talk to writer Oliver Emanuel about 'The End of The World', a one off music and theatre piece about the predicted apocalypse set in Edinburgh.

In case you do survive until the big day and eventually tire of open presents and eating chocolate, the List's Henry Northmore will be helping us decipher the new wave of board games designed to engage your brain more than your bog standard Cluedo or Monopoly. These games have themes as diverse as religious conflict and noir crime fiction (how Christmassy!).

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