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Front Row: Talent spotters, Karine Polwart, Political theatre

Talent spotters, Karine Polwart, Political theatre

17/08/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Talent spotters, Karine Polwart, Political theatre

The people who scout for talent at the Fringe, plus Scottish singer Karine Polwart.

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Two talent spotters reveal what they look for when they come to Edinburgh. Plus Scottish singer Karine Polwart.

With Kirsty Lang at the Edinburgh Festivals.

How do shows make the transition from big on the Fringe, to mainstream success? Two talent spotters reveal what they look for when they come to Edinburgh.

Scottish folk singer Karine Polwart discusses her award-winning Edinburgh International Festival show Wind Resistance, a love letter to the flora and fauna of her home terrain, Fala Moor just south of Edinburgh.

A new play examines what happened during Ukraine's Euro Maidan revolution through an intense immersive experience. Creators, and husband and wife team, Mark and Marichka Marczyk explain why for them theatre was the best way to process what happened.

And Viv Groskop reviews US/THEM, a play charting the Beslan siege of 2004 through the eyes of two children who were caught up in the violence.

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