A recording of the Radio 4 show which will be broadcast next Saturday, the 22nd August.
Hosted by Clive Anderson, assisted by Arthur Smith, the show featured conversations with French actor Juliette Binoche, Irish novelist Eimear McBride, Scottish playwright Davie Greig and local chef Tony Singh. Plus music from Katherine Joseph and R M Hubbard.
All the interviewees are, of course, involved in their various ways in the madness of culture that is Edinburgh in August. Binoche is starring in Antigone, McBride's novel A Girl is a Half-formed Thing is present as a stage adaptation, Greig has his stage version of the great Alisdair Gray's incredible novel Lanark, and Singh has a pop up restaurant in the Grassmarket.
All have something of interest to relate, especially Greig on the challenges of bringing to life a work that would seem impossible to recreate in 3D. Smith makes a few interjections, which mostly ended up being annoying - the audience were discernibly annoyed at his butting in on Binoche.
But overall it's worth a listen, and Hubbard is someone I now want to hear more of.
This was a one-off event in the BBC Big Blue Tent.
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