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Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
Simon McBurney reveals the inspiration behind his emotional Edinburgh show, The Encounter.
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    Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
  2. Robert Lepage on portraying himself in 887
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  4. Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil
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  6. Juliette Binoche on why actors are 'different animals'
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  8. Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
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    Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
  9. Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
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