Live from Edinburgh with drag act Denim, Maggie O'Farrell, Penelope Skinner and Terry O'Donovan
Author Maggie O'Farrell on her unconventional memoir, detailing her 17 brushes with death, performance from drag girl band Denim, and two plays that dramatize our online lives.
The drag girl band Denim was Cambridge University's first drag troupe when they formed in 2010. Now, they're back in Edinburgh and for Front Row perform a song from their Reunion Tour and discuss how their drag comes with a political and uplifting message.
Author Maggie O'Farrell talks about the art of writing life stories as her own memoir I Am, I Am, I Am tops the bestseller charts, structured around 17 moments in her life when death came terrifyingly close.
Two new plays, Angry Alan and User Not Found, focus on online identities - with Angry Alan already winning a Fringe First prize. Writer Penelope Skinner and creator Terry O'Donovan talk to Kirsty about dramatizing online experiences and legacies.
Presenter : Kirsty Lang
Producer : Jerome Weatherald.
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Denim
Denim are performing their Reunion Tour until 26 Aug at the Assembly George Square Gardens
Maggie O'Farrell
Photo credit: Murdo McLeod
Maggie's memoir I Am, I Am, I Am is available
Penelope Skinner
Photo credit: Rebecca Need-Menear
Angry Alan is at the Underbelly Cowgate until 26 Aug
Meek is at the Traverse Theatre until 26 Aug
Terry O'Donovan
User Not Found at the Edinburgh Festival is at Traverse at Jeelie Piece café until 26 Aug
UK Tour
2 October
Harlow Playhouse
4 October
South Street Arts, Reading
6 October
Brighton Dome
Presented as part of Brighton Digital Festival
10 October
Drill Hall, Lincoln
16 October
The Edge, University of Bath
17 October
The Junction, Cambridge
19 October
Mansfield Old Library, Mansfield
23 October
Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester
25 October
Pot Kettle Black Café as part of the Orbit Festival
presented by HOME, Manchester
27 October
New Theatre Royal Portsmouth at Canvas Coffee
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Kirsty Lang |
| Interviewed Guest | Denim |
| Interviewed Guest | Maggie O'Farrell |
| Interviewed Guest | Penelope Skinner |
| Interviewed Guest | Terence O'Donovan |
| Producer | Jerome Weatherald |
Broadcast
- Tue 14 Aug 201819:15BBC Radio 4
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