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Radio 4,18 Aug 2017,30 mins

Lucy Porter, Martin Creed, and Soweto Gospel Choir on stage at the Edinburgh Festival

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In front of a live audience in the BBC's Big Blue Tent at the Edinburgh Festival, comedian Lucy Porter and comedy tutor Jojo Sutherland give John Wilson a lesson in stand-up - but can you really teach people to be funny? A one-woman show with 10 characters - Nilija Sun discusses her play Pike St, about the residents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan as they prepare for an imminent hurricane. Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed explains what his show Words and Music is really about - plus a performance from Soweto Gospel Choir from South Africa. Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Hannah Robins.

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