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The Janice Forsyth Show

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Janice Forsyth tunes into what is happening and what is buzzing in the arts world.

The Janice Forsyth Show: Edi Stark sits in

Edi Stark

22/07/2015

Edi Stark sits in

BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, Edi Stark sits in

Edi Stark sits in for Janice Forsyth and talks to actor John Hannah.

Edi Stark sits in for Janice Forsyth and talks to actor John Hannah, plus she hears about a new dance show featuring digger trucks!

Edi talks to actor John Hannah about his life and work - from his upbringing in East Kilbride, his unusual preparation for his audition at drama school, and, of course, his stellar career in films and television.

We'll have live music from Seafret, an acoustic duo out of Yorkshire who're making big waves with their new album, Oceans, and their innovative music videos. 

Motionhouse dance theatre are known for their innovative shows and their new show, Fragile, which is getting its world premiere at Glasgow's Merchant City Festival is no exception. It features dancers and digger trucks! Artistic director Kevin Finnan, dancer Sianna Bruce, and truck driver Kevin Burrow tell us how it works.

Joan Eardley is one of the country's most acclaimed artists of the last century. Her paintings of Glasgow children and Aberdeenshire landscapes are hugely evocative. A new exhibition of her work is on now at Clydebank Museum and Art Gallery. Exhibitions officer, Trisha Robins, discusses Eardley's life, work and legacy. 

And Conductor and composer Timothy Brock discusses the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's Sound of Hitchcock day. He'll be conducting the orchestra in a live orchestral accompaniment of a screening of Hitchcock's Blackmail.

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