Edinburgh Festival: Burn, Counting & Cracking, Aftersun, Festival picks
Live from Edinburgh: reviews of Alan Cumming's Burn, plus Sri Lankan epic Counting & Cracking. Also, Scottish director Charlotte Wells on her film festival opener Aftersun.
Live from Edinburgh, with a review of Alan Cumming's one man show, Burn, which sets out to update the biscuit-tin image of Robert Burns. Plus Counting & Cracking - the epic, multilingual life journey of four generations, from Sri Lanka to Australia. To review the Edinburgh International Festival performances, Kate Molleson is joined by Arusa Qureshi, writer and editor of Fest Magazine, and Alan Bissett, playwright, novelist and performer.
Plus we speak to Scottish film director Charlotte Wells about her critically acclaimed new film Aftersun, as she returns to her home town to open this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Presenter: Kate Molleson
Producer: Emma Wallace
Photo: Burn - Alan Cumming; picture credit - Gian Andrea di Stefano
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