Irvine Welsh, Christmas Carol Goes Wrong and The Great Wave by Scottish Opera

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Writer Irvine Welsh talks about his forthcoming event at his childhood library, Muirhouse in Edinburgh, part of the Paper Trails project run by the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Irvine will appear digitally to discuss his Edinburgh roots and literary career with young people sat in the same library that helped shape his love of reading decades ago. Actor Ashley Tucker talks about a new play coming to the King’s in Glasgow next week, from the multi-award-winning Mischief company. Christmas Carol Goes Wrong sees the ever-hapless Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society attempting to stage Charles Dickens’ familiar tale, but inevitably chaos ensues, from set problems to a feud over who gets to play the lead role of Ebeneezer Scrooge. Before you can say “Bah, humbug”, it’s total havoc! Next week, Scottish Opera will give the world premiere of their new opera, The Great Wave, composed by Dai Fujikura with a libretto by Scottish writer Harry Ross, and based on Hokusai’s famous woodblock painting, The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Harry Ross tells Len more about this intriguing new work.