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Books
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Our picks… (Edinburgh 2019 part III)
Who are the authors in Edinburgh? By Suman Bhuchar IF YOU ARE LOOKING for books and authors to get inspired…
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Film
‘Blinded by the light’ – A story for all, Gurinder Chadha, Sarfraz Manzoor and Viveik Kalra on their Bruce Springsteen inspired film
She’s only gone and done it again, as acv speaks to Chadha, Manzoor and Kalra, about fathers and sons, uncovering…
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Main Headlines
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 – Up for it? ACV guide to comedy, dance, and exhibitions (Part II)
Stuff to chortle at, boogie and expand your mind… By Suman Bhuchar AWAY from theatre (covered on another page here),…
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Festivals
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 – What’s yours? Our guide: theatre (Part I)
So many shows? So little time, we have some suggestions… By Suman Bhuchar IT’S THAT time of year when many…
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Film
‘Saaho’ – Get ready to hail Prabhas in his first blockbuster film since ‘Baahubali’ smash…
Star of iconic mythological epic now to be seen in contemporary action thriller with incredible stunts… By Brigitte Leloire Kérackian…
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Film
‘Blinded by the light’ – UK preview screening brings house down…
London audience whoop and this could sweep the US as predicted by acv at the Sundance Film Festival in January……
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Main Story
Baluji Interactions Tour – exploring sitar and flamenco and collaborating with different musical styles…
Two different string instruments but with a common ancestry… FLAMENCO guitar and sitar don’t sound like an obvious natural pairing…
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Festivals
Waltham Forest Mela musical extravaganza and more as London Borough of Culture seeks to entertain…
Traditional mela but new initiatives open it up, says Sba Shaikh creative producer…and artist Shama Rahman talks music, poetry and…
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Festivals
Award-winning filmmaker Sanal Kumar Sasidharan heads to Venice and tells acv what new film is about; also Dev Patel and Priyanka Chopra Jonas to be in Toronto
International film festival season will start at the end of next month and here’s a quick acv guide to what’s…
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‘Noises Off’ – Meera Syal steals show in riotous revival of near 40-year-old Michael Frayn play…
Enjoy this quite brilliant play – it’s hard not to stop laughing… By Suman Bhuchar IT IS THE FUNNIEST play…
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