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Veronica Lee |

Chris Cantrill is one half of the delightfully mad sketch duo The Delightful Sausage alongside Amy Gledhill, who have rather set up camp in the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, The Delightful Sausage having been nominated for best show in 2019 and 2022, and then Gledhill winning best show in 2024. Now Cantrill  – also previously nominated in 2024 – completes the set by winning with his solo show, Rewilding. And deservedly so.

Mark Kidel |

In that wide field commonly known as world music, ancient traditions co-exist with cutting edge experiment. 

David Kettle
Theatrical trickster extraordinaire, purveyor of bewilderingly lavish stage illusions to unsuspecting and often jaw-dropped spectators, New York-…
Boyd Tonkin
At this year’s Aldeburgh Festival, I watched Lise Davidsen take a young singer through Mahler’s “Liebst du um Schönheit” in a riveting public…
Adam Sweeting
Published by Australian author Miles Franklin (full name Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin) in April 1901, My Brilliant Career was a hit in its day,…

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