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The Afternoon Show: Julian Clary, Jack Jester and the Scottish International Storytelling Festival

Julian Clary, Jack Jester and the Scottish International Storytelling Festival

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Julian Clary, Jack Jester and the Scottish International Storytelling Festival

Michelle McManus is joined by Julian Clary, and wrestler and sitcom star Jack Jester.

Michelle talks to Julian Clary about appearing in Jesus Christ Superstar, and wrestler Jack Jester tells her about an upcoming event at Glasgow's Pavilion Theatre.

Michelle talks to Julian Clary, who is starring in a touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar, he's also currently on TV as a contestant in Taskmaster.

Wrestler, Jack Jester tells Michelle about his Fright Night - a family-friendly wrestling event at Glasgow's Pavilion Theatre.

Photographer Jos Treen took hundreds of pictures of Glasgow in the 1970s, and forgot about them until he retired, and rediscovered negatives in a box in his loft. The images he rediscovered have since gained him thousands of followers on social media.

Reporter Bronwen Livingstone visits Solar Bear theatre company, to learn about Wake Up,  three pieces of entirely visual theatre, created to reach deaf and hearing audiences equally. 

And Michelle previews the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which is about to take place in Edinburgh.  In particular, she hears about Letters to Jackie, a new show inspired by the much-loved magazine's agony aunt columns.

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