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The Verb at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival

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Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word from the 2016 Edinburgh Festival.

Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word from the 2016 Edinburgh Festival. Ian is joined by James Kelman, Lemn Sissay, Camille, Grainne Maguire and Jake Yapp.

The Verb is back, kicking off a new season with a programme recorded at this year's Edinburgh Festivals.

Joining Ian for the festivities are the Booker-prize winning author James Kelman on his new novel 'Dirt Road' (Canongate), a book infused with the music and rhythms of the American South, and the poet Lemn Sissay who has just published his new and selected poems 'Gold From The Stone (Canongate).

There is also music from cabaret star and song interpreter Camille O'Sullivan, with an extract from her new show 'The Carny Dream' as well as stand up that examines the stories we tell ourselves from Grainne Maguire and parody from the master of the form, Jake Yapp, whose new show 'One in a Million' wonders if we are really as unique as we think we are?

Presenter: Ian McMillan
Producer: Jessica Treen.

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