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Live from the Edinburgh Festivals with Jack Docherty and Kate Nash

Michelle presents the show live from the Edinburgh Fringe, with Jack Docherty and Paul Sinha, plus former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan, and Glow's Kate Nash.

Michelle McManus presents the show from the heart of the Edinburgh Festivals, with a live audience.

Absolutely and Scot Squad star Jack Docherty talks about his stand-up show at this year’s Fringe, inspired by his love of David Bowie.

The all-female cast of NSync inspired boyband musical Chriskirkpatrickmas perform live.

Actor and much loved former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan on why he’s talking about the environment for his appearance at the Fringe this year. Plus Raymond Wilson on his one-man play I Hope Your Flowers Bloom, exploring themes of love, masculinity, and working class access to nature.

Comedy cabaret quartet Flat and the Curves give Michelle a taste of their show Divadom.

Janine Harouni joins Michelle on the sofa to talk about what’s brought her back to perform in Edinburgh in spite of being 8 and half months pregnant.

Comedian and storyteller Marjolein Robertson has three shows at this year’s Fringe – an hour of stand-up comedy, a Shetland storytelling show, and a one-woman play about a tour guide who is obsessed with Mary Queen of Scots. Plus comedian Paul Sinha on some surprises he might have in store for his audiences this year.

Dough is a play that explores one person’s life through their daily interactions with money – Michelle talks to writer David Lescot.

And she hears about The Retreat – a female-led, corporate-retreat set comedy variety show, produced by singer and actor Kate Nash, and hosted by actors Rebekka Johnson and Anne Gregory, of Parks and Recreation and Glow fame.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Broadcast

  • Wed 9 Aug 2023 13:30