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Edi Stark

Edi Stark looks at the role of newspaper critics

Edi Stark opens the page on newspaper critics and asks what qualifies them to judge what's funny, what's good on the stage, on the gallery wall or served on a plate

Five-Star Makers and Breakers: Part 2 - Theatre and Dance

Part 2 - Theatre and Dance

BBC Radio Scotland - Five-Star Makers and Breakers, Part 2 - Theatre and Dance

Edi Stark meets Scotland's biggest-hitting theatre critics and goes to a dance premiere.

Edi Stark meets Scotland's biggest-hitting theatre critics and goes to a dance premiere, at the Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock, with dance critic Mary Brennan.

Edi Stark opens the page on newspaper critics and asks what qualifies them to judge what's funny, what's good on the stage, on the gallery wall or served on a plate. She also hears stories from creative artists, actors, comedians, performers, chefs, directors and producers on what it is like to be at the wrong end of a review. Edi meets Scotland's biggest hitting theatre critics and goes to a dance premiere at the Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock with dance critic Mary Brennan.

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