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The Janice Forsyth Show: 23/02/2015

23/02/2015

BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, 23/02/2015

Janice Forsyth launches a week of Get Creative coverage.

Janice Forsyth talks to Jemma Neville of Voluntary Arts Scotland. and Iona Barker of Say It Ain't Sew for Get Creative week. Plus film-maker Walid Salhab talks about his work.

Jemma Neville, head of Voluntary Arts Scotland helps us launch a week of Get Creative coverage on The Culture Studio. Get Creative masterminded by BBC Arts is a project celebrating world-class arts, culture and creativity that happens every day across the UK - and we want you to get involved! Iona Barker, of Say It Ain't Sew, talks about her weekly local sewing group and Jemma Neville gives us an overview of some of Scotland's best local creative groups.

George The Poet is only 23 years old but he's already got an album deal with Island, a single out this week and his first book of poetry launched this month. He speaks to Janice about his poetry, his message to young people, and his music.

Lucy Prebble's play, The Effect, a romance bringing in themes of neuroscience and medicine and asking what love really is, was a major hit when it premiered at the National in London. Now the play begins a tour of Scotland. We hear from the director and some of the cast.

Pioneering stop-motion film maker Walid Salhab has produced a film about the making of The Kelpies - he drops by to talk about his methods and his new found love of Falkirk and the surrounding area.

And what did Robert Burns really look like? A new exhibition asks a host of leading artists to produce works on the image of Burns. We hear from curator, Sheilagh Tenant, and two of the artists involved.

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