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Radio Scotland,03 Feb 2026,30 mins

SeriesThe Arts Mix

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, Children's Book Festival Dundee, A Death in Glasgow

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How’s this for a challenge to a cast and production team? An entirely improvised musical, determined by shouted-out prompts from the audience for the setting, genre and the title, every performance a one-off masterpiece?! Showstopper The Improvised Musical is touring Scottish venues in the next few weeks and today Len chats to two of the cast to try to find out how they do it! Author David Macphail looks forward to his event at the Waterstones Children's Book Festival, Dundee. Celebrating the joys of reading, writing and illustration, the festivals will feature author events, comic and writing workshops, storytelling, draw alongs, craft activities, character costume appearances, and free school events. And writer Eva Macrae discusses her new novel, A Death in Glasgow, the first she has set in her hometown.

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