0:00:00 > 0:00:02Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together
0:00:02 > 0:00:05and welcome your host for this evening, Anneka Rice.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09APPLAUSE Hi there, hello.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Oh, hello, everyone. How lovely to see you all.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Thank you so much for coming along.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20Brilliant to see you, welcome to the Radio 2 Arts Show Presents Edinburgh.
0:00:20 > 0:00:25Very exciting. Any of you with me in the Pink Tent last night?
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Oh, that's awkward, isn't it? That's a really awkward start.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32Well, we did a whole show in the Pink Tent last night.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37Tonight we're expanding, we're in the Blue Tent, so that's TWO TENTS.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39That's how I'm feeling right now, frankly.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42The Fringe has really got to me.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44I've been hugged by complete strangers,
0:00:44 > 0:00:49I've played a kind of wink-murder game with blind Hamlet,
0:00:49 > 0:00:53and I got up one morning at sunrise and went to the beach at...
0:00:53 > 0:00:55What's it called? Portobello Beach.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57- And, erm... - Whoooo!
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Are you from there, by any chance?
0:01:00 > 0:01:04No, you just went, "Oooohh!" That's fine, you can do that at any point!
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Anyway, we went along to the beach
0:01:06 > 0:01:08and there was the most extraordinary thing going on,
0:01:08 > 0:01:12some actors waded out to sea, there was beautiful opera played,
0:01:12 > 0:01:16and, let's face it, Edinburgh is completely bonkers.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20I've had Shakespeare at breakfast with croissants,
0:01:20 > 0:01:23I've sat and eaten ice cream with some comedy.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Tonight we thought it was time to rein it all in.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28No zombies, no nudity, but we do have some...
0:01:28 > 0:01:31- Awwwwww! - Oh.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Shall we see how the evening presents itself?
0:01:35 > 0:01:39We might be able to present one of our wonderful guests to help out
0:01:39 > 0:01:45on that front. We have some wonderful entertainment for you, OK?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47We're moving from Brazil to France,
0:01:47 > 0:01:51we're going from the Western Isles of Scotland to the Deep South...
0:01:51 > 0:01:53of Surrey. OK?
0:01:53 > 0:01:56But first we're going to start with a man who's no stranger,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59certainly, to Radio 2, or to Edinburgh in fact.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03He's here with his show which is called Songs On Film.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Please give a warm welcome for Joe Stilgoe.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- You look so dapper, Joe. - Thank you, Anneka, you too.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Thank you so much for coming along.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Could you please tell us what you're about to do?
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Yes. Hello, everyone.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Well, I start my show, Songs On Film, with an overture.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29I try to include every film theme I can think of in my small head.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33But as there will be some I'll miss out I wondered if you could help.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Any film theme you can think of, I'll try to add it in to my overture.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Anyone? SHOUTS
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Lawrence Of Arabia. What was this down here?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Supergirl. Godfather. At the back?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46- Indiana Jones. - Indiana Jones.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- Carry On. - That's enough!
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Jurassic Park!
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Jurassic Park's already in there. Thank you very much.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55- See how loud they can get? - OK.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58HE PLAYS THEME FROM JAWS Jaws!
0:02:58 > 0:02:59I'm already playing it.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- Jaws 2! - This is Jaws 2.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17HE PLAYS THEME FROM CASABLANCA
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Here's looking at you, kid.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27HE PLAYS THEME FROM LOVE STORY
0:03:31 > 0:03:34HE PLAYS THEME FROM THE GODFATHER
0:03:34 > 0:03:36HE IMITATES MARLON BRANDO MURMURING
0:03:45 > 0:03:47HE PLAYS THEME FROM STAR WARS
0:04:10 > 0:04:13HE PLAYS THEME FROM CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
0:04:27 > 0:04:29HE PLAYS THEME FROM GONE WITH THE WIND
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40HE PLAYS DO-RE-MI FROM SOUND OF MUSIC
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Anyone know this one?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Bambi.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48LAUGHTER
0:04:54 > 0:04:56HE PLAYS JARRING NOTES FROM PSYCHO
0:04:56 > 0:05:00HE PLAYS THEME FROM THE DEER HUNTER
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Anyone?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Deer Hunter.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05There goes Bambi.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07LAUGHTER
0:05:07 > 0:05:11HE PLAYS THEME FROM CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
0:05:11 > 0:05:13HE GASPS
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Very clever.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52HE PLAYS THEME FROM WEST SIDE STORY
0:06:01 > 0:06:03HE PLAYS THEME FROM E.T.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Elliott...
0:06:26 > 0:06:30HE PLAYS THEME FROM JAMES BOND FRANCHISE
0:06:33 > 0:06:35HE WHISTLES THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
0:06:35 > 0:06:37# Wah-wah-wah
0:06:37 > 0:06:40HE WHISTLES # Wah-wah-wah... #
0:06:40 > 0:06:44HE PLAYS SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS
0:06:50 > 0:06:54HE PLAYS THEME FROM THE DAM BUSTERS
0:07:02 > 0:07:06HE PLAYS THEME FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ
0:07:09 > 0:07:12HE PLAYS THEME FROM JURASSIC PARK
0:07:22 > 0:07:24CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Joe! Wonderful stuff!
0:07:27 > 0:07:31But, frankly, could you not just have cheated then
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- and shoved in any old thing? - I did.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35No, in the show it's sort of planned
0:07:35 > 0:07:38but I added some bits in as people suggested.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40- I hope I got them in in time. - I think you did.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- Was anyone disappointed with that? - No!
0:07:43 > 0:07:47It's important we get the integrity of this show this evening absolutely.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49We're being live streamed, for God's sake.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51I've never been live streamed.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54I haven't either, I find it quite exciting, live stream. Yes.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Joe, so your show is on... starts next week?
0:07:57 > 0:07:59No, it's on now. You've been to see it.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Do you know, I've been to see it!
0:08:02 > 0:08:04LAUGHTER
0:08:04 > 0:08:09It was so good that it sort of caused a temporary amnesia,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12I haven't been the same since!
0:08:12 > 0:08:13I sat through the whole thing!
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- Sorry, Joe. - Completely forgettable.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18No, it was really lovely, but you did have balloons then, didn't you?
0:08:18 > 0:08:20- Yes. - You see?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22And you had two very good-looking men.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Yeah, I have a band with me onstage.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26I'm slightly disappointed they're not here.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28They're currently tied up, one of them's doing a ceilidh
0:08:28 > 0:08:30and the other one's doing something else.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33As you do, as you do. Now, listen, when I was at the show,
0:08:33 > 0:08:35which I remember vividly now,
0:08:35 > 0:08:39it's absolutely flashing back to me. When I was at the show
0:08:39 > 0:08:42something remarkable happened, when you told me about your childhood.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- Yes. - I realised you were my son.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49No! No, but we grew up in the same town,
0:08:49 > 0:08:52the town of Oxted in Surrey. Yeah?
0:08:52 > 0:08:57Quite forgettable. And we used to go to the same cinema. Extraordinary.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- They had this wonderful cinema. - And I didn't realise.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Yeah, it's a cinema called the Plaza,
0:09:02 > 0:09:05and it's one of those great cinemas, everything was velvet,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08the curtains, the seat, the staff, everything.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10LAUGHTER
0:09:10 > 0:09:13But I wrote this song about my time, going to see the first film,
0:09:13 > 0:09:14which was The Jungle Book,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17going to see my first film and just loving that cinema,
0:09:17 > 0:09:20and there was this sign outside which said, "Ahhh! Popcorn."
0:09:20 > 0:09:21So I thought I'd write a song about that.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23OK, and you're going to play that for us now?
0:09:23 > 0:09:25- Yeah, this is Popcorn. - Ladies and gentlemen, Popcorn.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27APPLAUSE
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Oh, thank you.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41# You might be happy in your multiplex
0:09:42 > 0:09:47# I find I'm more an Everyman man
0:09:47 > 0:09:51# Don't say you love the cast-off 3-D specs
0:09:52 > 0:09:56# You might as well just fly to Cannes-Cannes
0:09:56 > 0:10:01# Give me those velvet seats, those tiny pocket sweets
0:10:01 > 0:10:04# Just let me like it how it used to be
0:10:06 > 0:10:10# Bring back the old cartoons, ice cream with wooden spoons
0:10:10 > 0:10:13# I'm always happy in this company
0:10:14 > 0:10:18# But I don't mind getting old
0:10:18 > 0:10:20# I will do as I'm told
0:10:20 > 0:10:24# Never change my favourite cinema
0:10:24 > 0:10:27# You can keep your drinks going large
0:10:27 > 0:10:29# I don't want Coke in a barge
0:10:29 > 0:10:35# Only need that poster saying, "Ahhh! P-P-P-P-Popcorn"
0:10:35 > 0:10:39# The very first one was The Jungle Book
0:10:40 > 0:10:43# Then Santa Claus with Dudley Moore
0:10:44 > 0:10:49# The whizzing wonders took my eyes and shook
0:10:49 > 0:10:52# Till all my sweets were on the floor
0:10:54 > 0:10:58# Bring back the organist Roll on the Pathe reel
0:10:58 > 0:11:02# It's not as good unless I'm much mistaken
0:11:03 > 0:11:08# There's nothing quite so bad as all those mobile ads
0:11:08 > 0:11:12# I think we've had enough of Kevin Bacon
0:11:12 > 0:11:15# But I don't mind getting old
0:11:15 > 0:11:17# I will do as I'm told
0:11:17 > 0:11:21# Never change my favourite cinema
0:11:21 > 0:11:24# You can keep your drinks going large
0:11:24 > 0:11:27# Don't want Coke in a barge
0:11:27 > 0:11:33# Only need that poster saying, "Ahhh! P-P-P-P-Popcorn, Popcorn"
0:11:33 > 0:11:35# "Ahhh! Popcorn"
0:11:37 > 0:11:40# "P-Popcorn Ahhh! Popcorn"
0:12:00 > 0:12:06# If you want somewhere to sit, see something special at the Ritzy
0:12:06 > 0:12:09# Ahhh
0:12:10 > 0:12:15# It's the king of cinemas, a host of stars at the Plaza
0:12:16 > 0:12:19# Ahhh
0:12:20 > 0:12:26# If you want somewhere to sit, see something special at the Ritzy
0:12:26 > 0:12:28# Ahhh
0:12:30 > 0:12:36# It's the king of cinemas, a host of stars at the Plaza
0:12:36 > 0:12:38# Ahhh
0:12:38 > 0:12:42# Ahhh, I don't mind getting old
0:12:42 > 0:12:44# I will do as I'm told
0:12:44 > 0:12:48# Never change my favourite cinema
0:12:48 > 0:12:51# You can keep your drinks going large
0:12:51 > 0:12:53# I don't want Coke in a barge
0:12:53 > 0:12:58# Only need that poster saying, "Ahhh!
0:12:58 > 0:13:00# "P-P-P-P-Popcorn"
0:13:00 > 0:13:02CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:13:02 > 0:13:07Lovely, Joe. Thank you so much. Joe Stilgoe, ladies and gentlemen.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Obviously currently on at the Assembly Checkpoint until August 22.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14I'll never forget that again, Joe, that was absolutely unforgettable,
0:13:14 > 0:13:17that performance, wasn't it, ladies and gentlemen?! Fantastic.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Now, don't forget we're live tonight.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Sorry, I'm quite excited about that. Streamed on BBC Arts online.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29And this year our online presence in Edinburgh is massive,
0:13:29 > 0:13:31bigger and better than ever,
0:13:31 > 0:13:34with the minimum of one performance a day from the festival,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37which is fantastic, and an act which has been scorching
0:13:37 > 0:13:41and sizzling the cobblestones of Edinburgh is the sensational
0:13:41 > 0:13:46dance group Brazuca, and we're going to see a bit of them in a minute.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49They're recreating the story of dance from the toughest
0:13:49 > 0:13:52streets of Brazil and tonight I'm joined by their producer,
0:13:52 > 0:13:56Pamela Stephenson Connolly, who's going to paint the picture for us,
0:13:56 > 0:13:58talking about the performances tonight.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Pamela! APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Hi!
0:14:03 > 0:14:05This is so mad that we've come all the way to Edinburgh
0:14:05 > 0:14:08and I'm interviewing you just to say hello to you.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09We've known each other for years.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Would you like to sit down at my little interview area?
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- Which one? - Over there, please. Thank you.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Doesn't Pamela look gorgeous? CHEERING
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Yes! Smouldering, ready for the scorching sizzle of Brazil.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Oh, they are. They are, they're just amazing.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27So, yes, what are you up to? What's going on?
0:14:27 > 0:14:32Well, this dance, I'm completely addicted to Brazilian dance.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35And I went to Brazil
0:14:35 > 0:14:39and I began to see these amazing dances that I'd never seen before.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Probably like you,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45I had thought of Brazilian dance as being sort of one kind of dance,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48a bit of samba, erm, feathers,
0:14:48 > 0:14:52and actually there are these amazing partner dances, one of them
0:14:52 > 0:14:56called lambazouk, that I am absolutely in love with,
0:14:56 > 0:15:01gorgeous, sensual, hair flying, lots of lifts and tricks.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03And another one called
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Samba de Gafieira. Which is the partners samba dance.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10I thought someone was going to attack me just then!
0:15:10 > 0:15:13I thought somebody from the audience was getting over enthusiastic.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18Is this a stunt? Am I actually going to have to dance myself right now?
0:15:18 > 0:15:19But thank you. Um...
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Where was I? -That was the sound department.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25You were talking to us about the various...
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Did you go to Brazil specifically to find dances
0:15:27 > 0:15:31after your lust for the dances on Strictly Come Dancing?
0:15:31 > 0:15:34I went to write about dancing and in the process discovered...
0:15:34 > 0:15:36There I was, Annie.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38I'm on a beach at midnight.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Just before midnight and there's all these absolutely gorgeous
0:15:41 > 0:15:45people like the ones you're about to see standing there all in white.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48They've got flowers, they've got a little something to drink
0:15:48 > 0:15:51and just before midnight they all jump in the water,
0:15:51 > 0:15:55send flowers so Yemenja, the Queen of the Sea.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56And then they all go and start
0:15:56 > 0:15:58dancing on the beach. In the moonlight.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00That's just an ordinary Saturday night?
0:16:00 > 0:16:03That's an ordinary Saturday night in Brazil.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07It was so beautiful and then this sort of went on for weeks.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12Cos you have got a habit of, sort of, nestling into a country.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Yes.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Usually involving scuba diving. She's got a new sport now which is dance.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18I know. I know.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21You sound a little bit like my husband who is a little bit
0:16:21 > 0:16:23accusatory about all of this.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Very amusing.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29Cos you've usually in the South Pacific islands somewhere
0:16:29 > 0:16:31and now you've gone Brazilian on us.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32I know, I've gone Brazilian.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33AUDIENCE LAUGHS
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Steady!
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Steady, steady!
0:16:38 > 0:16:43Look, since I've been doing this show those jokes have all been done, OK?
0:16:43 > 0:16:47Could there be a prize for someone who comes up with a new one, perhaps?
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Work on it.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Our slogan for the show is The Ultimate Brazilian
0:16:51 > 0:16:53so I think we're pretty safe with that.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55It's hard to do with Strictly Come Dancing which you did
0:16:55 > 0:16:57so magnificently.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Thank you.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01I watched in amazement.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05I really had fun. I really loved it and rediscovered my love of dance.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09And I was really looking for a dance to continue.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12And when I found Lambazouk that was the one
0:17:12 > 0:17:14and then I began to, you know, meet
0:17:14 > 0:17:19some of the people who are the masters in the world at these dances.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23And one in particular Braz Dos Santos, I met him
0:17:23 > 0:17:25and his family who all dance.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28And began to hear this incredible story of a young teenage
0:17:28 > 0:17:31fisherman who managed to...
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Well, he had been faced with an awful choice.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38To either dance and make a living from dancing or probably
0:17:38 > 0:17:41die at sea because the seas were so dangerous at that time.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45The way the fishing was happening.
0:17:45 > 0:17:51And I thought it was a poignant story we could begin to weave
0:17:51 > 0:17:54together with the dances and amazing Brazilian music.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Then Arlene Phillips got involved.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Did you go, "Hello, Arlene. I think I've got a new show?"
0:17:58 > 0:18:01I asked her to come to a workshop in London.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03She didn't get the Brazil trip?
0:18:03 > 0:18:06I brought some of the dancers to London and she met them
0:18:06 > 0:18:11and she said that she'd never seen anything like it.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13She said she's been dancing for all these years
0:18:13 > 0:18:15and she'd never seen dancing like it.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Really? That is praise, indeed.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Because it was such a different dance
0:18:19 > 0:18:24and she thought that the men spin these girls like spinning plates.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25Which is exactly what it is.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Are they going to do that now?
0:18:27 > 0:18:28They are.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31How do we organise the furniture here?
0:18:31 > 0:18:34You can just stay right there. But keep your arms by your side.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36I thought you were going to say keep your legs together.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Don't make any sudden movements, Annie.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42I'm going to keep all limbs pinned to my side.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47But Brazouka is on at 5:30 at the Assembly.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52So please come and see it. It's just a fantastic... I don't know.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54People go out telling me that they feel really good afterwards
0:18:54 > 0:18:55and I like that.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59Because it's one thing to be very tormented by a show
0:18:59 > 0:19:02but another thing to feel fantastic.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- Are you still dancing yourself? -I am.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Are you going to dance now?
0:19:06 > 0:19:10We have the experts here so I think I'll just stay exactly where I am.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14But sometimes when they have a little bit of time off they're quite
0:19:14 > 0:19:17kind to elders so they do invite me to dance from time to time.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Did you ever get Billy to dance?
0:19:20 > 0:19:23I did. He was a jiver from way back.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Then I found him a very gorgeous French woman to begin to learn tango.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32- He got quite motivated. - And you haven't seen him since? No?
0:19:34 > 0:19:38He has tried this dance. It was just a wonderful moment
0:19:38 > 0:19:41when he staggered in after a night at the theatre.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44My last birthday party I had an I Dream of Genie
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Lambazouk party.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Quite gutted I wasn't there at that point.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51It was in New York. Everybody in harem pants.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53It was pretty silly
0:19:53 > 0:19:56and Billy stumbled into the middle of all this.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58And thought it was absolutely wonderful.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02Pam, you've set the scene. We just stand here with our limbs pinned.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06These are six of the dancers from Brazouka.
0:20:06 > 0:20:12Brazilian, wonderful people. And one of them is Braz Dos Santos.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14The one in the middle in the coloured shirt.
0:20:14 > 0:20:20And it's his story and they're going to start by dancing freestyle
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Lambazouk.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24And then they're going to move into a choreographed piece.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27I hope you love the dance as much as I do.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29I'm very excited. Are you going to cue them on?
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Yes, come on, guys. I think we need the music.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34Music helps, doesn't it?
0:20:34 > 0:20:36There we go.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39MUSIC PLAYS
0:20:41 > 0:20:43APPLAUSE
0:22:46 > 0:22:49APPLAUSE
0:22:49 > 0:22:53That was amazing. That was absolutely fantastic.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55Well done.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02So, Assembly checkpoint.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Thank you so much. It was absolutely magnificent.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Chiselled, by God. Don't you think?
0:23:10 > 0:23:11My goodness. That's amazing.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15So that's at the Assembly Checkpoint until August 22nd.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Until the 24th.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18And then we're going to
0:23:18 > 0:23:20be in Wimbledon at the
0:23:20 > 0:23:24New Wimbledon Theatre from the 16th of September.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26So you could come there.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28And then we go on a tour to South Africa, Australia and then
0:23:28 > 0:23:30we'll be back. Come see us.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Thank you so much. Pamela Stephenson, ladies and gentlemen.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Can you manage to man handle... So lovely to se you.
0:23:42 > 0:23:43Take care. Well done.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48That was very good, wasn't it?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Next diversity here tonight.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Has anyone here ever heard of a poetry slam?
0:23:53 > 0:23:55AUDIENCE: Yeah!
0:23:55 > 0:24:00OK, steady. Steady. I hadn't. I literally hadn't.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05But we have someone amazing coming on who's made it an art form
0:24:05 > 0:24:10and here to tell us about this is slam winner herself Sara Hirsch.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Hi, Sara.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Come and take a seat. Come and tell us all.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21You've got people who are totally on message with what a poetry slam
0:24:21 > 0:24:23is but I hadn't actually heard of it.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25You haven't heard of a poetry slam?
0:24:25 > 0:24:29I'm so out of the... So not on message on the poetry front.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30Tell me about it.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32So a poetry slam is competitive poetry.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36So as terrifying as that sounds it's actually really fun.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37Normally you have a time limit.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42About three minutes to do your best and most effective poetry to
0:24:42 > 0:24:45an audience like this who hold up terrifying scorecards...
0:24:45 > 0:24:46No!
0:24:46 > 0:24:48..and judge you out of 10.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51I was reading the rules of it and there was pages of rules.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54And eliminating rounds and then the next round.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57And then only half the audience decides.
0:24:57 > 0:25:03It sounds a slightly aggressive thing for something as gentle as poetry.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06I think it can do but actually
0:25:06 > 0:25:10when you're part of the scene it's a kind of, I think
0:25:10 > 0:25:13it's an amazing chance push yourself as far as you can
0:25:13 > 0:25:16and it's actually really, really supportive.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18It sounds very aggressive and competitive but...
0:25:18 > 0:25:21It sounds terrifying. Are you making this up on the spot?
0:25:21 > 0:25:24No, definitely not.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26It's all stuff you prepared.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29It's all stuff you know so you'll give it a theme? How does it work?
0:25:29 > 0:25:31No, it's completely independent
0:25:31 > 0:25:35and you just present original poetry in your time limit.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39It can be about anything unless it offends anyone.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42In the world or in the audience and yeah.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45It's like Britain's Got Talent with judges going, "Off!"
0:25:45 > 0:25:46Is it quite ruthless?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48It's not as ruthless as it sounds.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53It's really friendly and it's more about finding that poet that
0:25:53 > 0:25:58can really affect an audience or make people think or laugh or whatever.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Your themes of your poetry,
0:26:00 > 0:26:04what sort of poetry do you like presenting?
0:26:04 > 0:26:09Are you a challenging poet? Do you think or...
0:26:09 > 0:26:11All my stuff's really different.
0:26:11 > 0:26:17I like to tell stories or narrate parts of my life or things
0:26:17 > 0:26:21I've seen or other people's lives.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24I'd say they're all really different. There's no running theme.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26But it's all honest.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29I always write honestly about myself or about things I've seen.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30Did you start off just writing poetry
0:26:30 > 0:26:33and then you realised there was this extraordinary form?
0:26:33 > 0:26:35I'd never heard of a slam either.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Thank you for sharing that.
0:26:37 > 0:26:38I'd heard of it.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39I've heard of it, obviously(!)
0:26:39 > 0:26:43But I never thought I'd be doing it.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47None of the stuff I've written has been for poetry slams.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49That's a really difficult thing and I don't know
0:26:49 > 0:26:52if anyone writes specifically for poetry slams.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53It's your own work...
0:26:53 > 0:26:56You trained as an actress.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00So I suppose you're prepared to put yourself out there?
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Yeah, the performance stuff is what I really enjoy about it
0:27:03 > 0:27:08and a poetry slam just takes poetry to a slightly different level.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11So how do you present it here at Edinburgh?
0:27:11 > 0:27:13So, I'm doing various things.
0:27:13 > 0:27:18I'm kind of gigging all around and there's varying different types
0:27:18 > 0:27:21of performance poetry gig but they're all as exciting as each other.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24I'm associated with the Loud Poets who are amazing.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25- I know they're here. - Are they here?
0:27:25 > 0:27:28So that's the main thing I'm doing at the festival
0:27:28 > 0:27:32and to be honest I'm biased but they pretty much sum up what
0:27:32 > 0:27:34performance poetry and slam poetry is.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37And if anyone after my performance is still confused,
0:27:37 > 0:27:39100% get down to their show on the Royal Mile.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Because it's so...
0:27:41 > 0:27:44When do you do your stuff?
0:27:44 > 0:27:47The next little run of it is tomorrow to the 13th.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51I'm guest featuring on the 13th and it's 9:00 at the Storytelling Centre.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56They've got some of the top notch poets in the country in it.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00You've sold this very well. Hasn't she sold that well?
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Will you give us a demonstration?
0:28:02 > 0:28:03Absolutely.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07Want to hear maybe two or three, I think.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Whatever you want. Entertain us.
0:28:10 > 0:28:11Which one...?
0:28:11 > 0:28:14I don't know. Where did they even come from?
0:28:15 > 0:28:17This one.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Right.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21I'll do the one that you know I'm going to do and then
0:28:21 > 0:28:24if you want to hear another one, that's great.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28This is a poem I wrote back in November.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Definitely not for a slam and you'll know why when you hear it.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35And I have done this at slams since but it's called Tonight, Matthew.
0:28:38 > 0:28:43I'm rushing so fast through life It's like I'm on a high speed rail.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Like I'm a dog going round and round in circles
0:28:46 > 0:28:48but never quite catching up with its tail.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52And as I sail through time aboard this superpower
0:28:52 > 0:28:54100 mile an hour train,
0:28:54 > 0:28:58watching the days fade into a blur through the wind-whipped windowpane
0:28:58 > 0:29:02I wonder how I'll ever get off it again.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05See, I missed my stop.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07I missed my stop in 2001.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11I don't know if you remember that November?
0:29:11 > 0:29:13It was the mess of you losing your hair
0:29:13 > 0:29:15and the stress of hospital appointments.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18And mumbled greetings on the stair with me never quite sure
0:29:18 > 0:29:22if you were really there with me or somewhere in your memory.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24It was nervous nights in front of the TV with you
0:29:24 > 0:29:27laughing at Stars In Their Eyes even though it wasn't even funny.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Or at least it wasn't meant to be.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31And you repeating, "Tonight, Matthew,
0:29:31 > 0:29:34I'm going to be like a broken record."
0:29:34 > 0:29:37And for the first time I realised that you really were ill.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40You tried to explain cancer to me.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42"See there's something wrong with my head," you said.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44"That's why I'm always in bed," you said.
0:29:44 > 0:29:45That's what the pills are for.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48But instead I just saw the hallway side of your bedroom
0:29:48 > 0:29:50door and mum going to parents evening alone
0:29:50 > 0:29:52and suddenly you weren't at home.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55But a cracking voice on the end of the phone and a 12-year old me -
0:29:55 > 0:29:58that's not what dads were supposed to be.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00So I boarded my train.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03And for 12 years I've been running from the words
0:30:03 > 0:30:05"The cancer has spread to my brain"
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Trying to pretend like a time never came
0:30:07 > 0:30:11Where I stood at a grave that bore my father's name.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14But now, after 12 years on the track
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Each summer spent and each promise meant
0:30:17 > 0:30:19At each point on the map, each memory I've made
0:30:19 > 0:30:23Collected like postcards lining the bottom of my rucksack.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26After 12 years of travels
0:30:26 > 0:30:29I think it might be time to go back.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Because now, I have not known you for longer than I knew you
0:30:32 > 0:30:35And I can't get over that.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37So I stand before you tonight fresh from the station
0:30:37 > 0:30:39After nearly a whole generation
0:30:39 > 0:30:42And although I stand before you as Sara Hirsch
0:30:42 > 0:30:44A name distinctly different to the one you gave me at my birth
0:30:44 > 0:30:48With a world of experience from 12 more years on this Earth
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to be Sara Green
0:30:52 > 0:30:56And tonight, Matthew, I'm going to tell my dad all the things
0:30:56 > 0:30:58I've done and seen and he's going to be the father
0:30:58 > 0:31:00That for 12 years he hasn't been.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to remember
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Because on the 25th of November I reached the halfway mark.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10And every day after that is taking the further from the start
0:31:10 > 0:31:13Like the Earth moving around the Sun too quickly
0:31:13 > 0:31:15So it's always getting dark and as the Earth spins
0:31:15 > 0:31:18It will take us further and further apart.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to know him like this for the very last time.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25I'm going to take this moment to commit his memory to mine
0:31:25 > 0:31:30And then tomorrow, I will be wearing his green woollen jumper.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32And I will put the photo I have of him
0:31:32 > 0:31:36from before it all went wrong into the pocket of my rucksack
0:31:36 > 0:31:39And my headphones will blare out his favourite song
0:31:39 > 0:31:42And I will catch the first train that comes along
0:31:42 > 0:31:46And I won't look back.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48APPLAUSE
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Sara, that was amazing.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Thank you so much.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54That was quite extraordinary.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Oh, I love that, I love that.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Very popular.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02We're actually, BBC Arts Online,
0:32:02 > 0:32:07are actually hosting the final of the Poetry Slam here on 16 August.
0:32:07 > 0:32:08So put that in your diaries.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12My producer's going, "We can't really fit in any more
0:32:12 > 0:32:14"because we've got elephants backstage."
0:32:14 > 0:32:17You'll just have to come and see the loud poets, won't you?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19So we'll come and see you in situ and enjoyed it.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21You've been brilliant, I loved that.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Thank you very much, Sara Hirsch, ladies and gentlemen.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27It was so lovely, thank you so much. Bye.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Well, that was amazing, wasn't it?
0:32:30 > 0:32:35So, don't forget that BBC Arts Online is streaming live
0:32:35 > 0:32:38and On Demand the most extensive online coverage
0:32:38 > 0:32:42of the Edinburgh Festival's daily performances, events,
0:32:42 > 0:32:44interviews, behind the scenes, acts,
0:32:44 > 0:32:46lots of opinions and fun,
0:32:46 > 0:32:48so well worth checking that out.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51Now, you can also tweet the show here
0:32:51 > 0:32:55with your thoughts at #BBCEdFest.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58And talking of Twitter, the next act we've got on,
0:32:58 > 0:33:01I sort of got to know through Twitter really.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05I kept seeing their names mentioned, had a bit of a chat with them
0:33:05 > 0:33:09and introduced myself, because I was looking for acts for the show
0:33:09 > 0:33:12we did last night, the Arts Show.
0:33:12 > 0:33:13And also for tonight.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16And I think I found something rather wonderful
0:33:16 > 0:33:19and I'm delighted to introduce to you
0:33:19 > 0:33:22The Three Belles, ladies and gentlemen.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24APPLAUSE
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Thank you so much for coming along.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31It's so nice to see you properly
0:33:31 > 0:33:34after we've had a little flurry on Twitter, haven't we?
0:33:34 > 0:33:38A few tweets. What are you going to sing for us, first of all?
0:33:38 > 0:33:40- Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy. - Go for it.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42# You are the, you are the...
0:33:42 > 0:33:45# He was a famous trumpet man from out Chicago way
0:33:45 > 0:33:48# He had a boogie style that no-one else could play
0:33:48 > 0:33:50# He was the top man at his craft
0:33:50 > 0:33:53# But then his number came up and he was gone with the draft
0:33:53 > 0:33:56# He's in the army now Blowin' reveille
0:33:56 > 0:33:59# He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B
0:33:59 > 0:34:01# They made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam
0:34:01 > 0:34:04# It really brought him down because he couldn't jam
0:34:04 > 0:34:06# The Captain seemed to understand
0:34:06 > 0:34:09# Because the next day the Cap' went out and drafted a band
0:34:09 > 0:34:12# And now the company jumps when he plays reveille
0:34:12 > 0:34:14# He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B
0:34:14 > 0:34:17# A-toot a-toot A-toot diddle-ee-ada-toot
0:34:17 > 0:34:20# He blows it eight to the bar in boogie rhythm
0:34:20 > 0:34:22# He can't blow a note unless the bass and guitar
0:34:22 > 0:34:25# Is playin' with 'im
0:34:25 > 0:34:28# He makes the company jump when he plays reveille
0:34:28 > 0:34:31# He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B
0:34:31 > 0:34:35# He was the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B
0:34:36 > 0:34:39# And when he plays a boogie-woogie bugle
0:34:39 > 0:34:41# He's as busy as a buzz bee
0:34:41 > 0:34:44# And when he plays he makes the company jump eight to the bar
0:34:44 > 0:34:47# He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B
0:34:47 > 0:34:49# Toot toot, toot diddle-ee-ada Toot-diddle-ee-ada, toot-toot
0:34:49 > 0:34:51# He blows it eight to the bar
0:34:51 > 0:34:53# He can't blow a note
0:34:53 > 0:34:56# If the bass and guitar isn't with 'im
0:34:56 > 0:34:59# And the company jumps when he plays reveille
0:34:59 > 0:35:03# He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B
0:35:03 > 0:35:05# He puts the boys to sleep with boogie every night
0:35:05 > 0:35:08# And wakes them up the same way in the early bright
0:35:08 > 0:35:10# They clap their hands and stamp their feet
0:35:10 > 0:35:12# Because they know how he plays
0:35:12 > 0:35:14# When someone gives him a beat He really shakes it up
0:35:14 > 0:35:16# When he plays reveille
0:35:16 > 0:35:18# He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B
0:35:18 > 0:35:21# Da-daa, da-day-da-daa
0:35:21 > 0:35:24# Da-daa, da-day-da-daa
0:35:24 > 0:35:27# Da-daa, da-day-da-daa
0:35:27 > 0:35:29# Da-daa, da-day-da-daa
0:35:29 > 0:35:32# And the company jumps when he plays reveille
0:35:32 > 0:35:37# He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B. #
0:35:37 > 0:35:40APPLAUSE
0:35:40 > 0:35:44That was so fantastic, thank you very much. Can you introduce yourselves?
0:35:45 > 0:35:48Hello. We are The Three Belles.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50- My name is Sally. - I'm Anneka.
0:35:50 > 0:35:51And I'm Izzy.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Oh, yes, the Anneka thing. Was that because...?
0:35:54 > 0:35:55Yes, it was, actually.
0:35:55 > 0:36:00I was born in 1989 which was just as Challenge Anneka was getting going.
0:36:00 > 0:36:06Oh, my goodness. That is so weird. Oh, I feel quite embarrassed.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08That's extraordinary.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10So... Oh, God!
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Are your parents here?
0:36:12 > 0:36:14No, but they are tuning in.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16- Are they tuning in? - Yes, they are.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17All, hello, Mum and Dad.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21And have...? Sorry, I'm absolutely gripped by this.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Because there's lots of Annekas
0:36:23 > 0:36:27who were all born in 1989 or thereabouts. That's so weird.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29I played Challenge Anneka at school,
0:36:29 > 0:36:31people used to challenge me to do crazy things.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34This is hilarious.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38Anyway, moving on, are you enjoying yourselves at the Festival?
0:36:38 > 0:36:40- Yes, we love it. - It's an amazing experience.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42How did you all get together?
0:36:42 > 0:36:46We met at university in Portsmouth about three years ago.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48And now we've been professionally producing shows
0:36:48 > 0:36:49all around the country,
0:36:49 > 0:36:52all with a World War II vintage 1940s theme,
0:36:52 > 0:36:54but this show we're bringing up here is premiered here
0:36:54 > 0:36:58and we are very terrified - well, I am - and excited about it.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00OK. What are you going to sing for us now?
0:37:00 > 0:37:05We're going to sing a song which we hope gets you In The Mood.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Great.
0:37:11 > 0:37:18MUSIC: "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller
0:37:18 > 0:37:22# Mr Whatchacallim Whatcha doin' tonight?
0:37:22 > 0:37:25# Hope you're in the mood because I'm feelin' just right
0:37:25 > 0:37:28# How's about a corner with a table for two?
0:37:28 > 0:37:31# Where the music's mellow in some gay rendezvous
0:37:31 > 0:37:35# There's no chance romancin' with a blue attitude!
0:37:35 > 0:37:39# Got to do some dancin' to get in the mood
0:37:39 > 0:37:42# Sister Whatchacallim that's a timely idea
0:37:42 > 0:37:45# Something swing-a-dilla would be good to my ear
0:37:45 > 0:37:48# Everybody must agree that dancin' has charms,
0:37:48 > 0:37:52# When you got that certain one you love in your arms
0:37:52 > 0:37:55# Steppin' out with you will be a sweet interlude
0:37:55 > 0:37:58# Oh, build her up And that would put me in the mood
0:37:58 > 0:38:00# In the mood
0:38:00 > 0:38:02# That's it, I got it
0:38:02 > 0:38:03# In the mood
0:38:03 > 0:38:05# Your ear will spot it
0:38:05 > 0:38:07# In the mood
0:38:07 > 0:38:09# Oh, what a hot hit
0:38:09 > 0:38:12# Be alive and get the jive You've got to learn how
0:38:12 > 0:38:15# Hep-hep-hep! Hep like a hepper!
0:38:15 > 0:38:19# Pep-pep-pep! Hot as a pepper!
0:38:19 > 0:38:22# Step-step-step! Step like a stepper
0:38:22 > 0:38:26# From muggin' to huggin' We're in the mood now
0:38:32 > 0:38:35# Mr Watchacallim All you needed was fun
0:38:35 > 0:38:38# You can see the wonders that this evening has done
0:38:38 > 0:38:42# Your feet were so heavy till they hardly could move
0:38:42 > 0:38:45# Now they're light as feathers and you're right in the groove!
0:38:45 > 0:38:48# You were only hungry for some musical food
0:38:48 > 0:38:52# You're positively absolutely in the mood!
0:38:52 > 0:38:55# Sister watchacallim That's a kinky idea
0:38:55 > 0:38:59# Tell me, do you have a band you want me to hear?
0:38:59 > 0:39:02# Everybody must agree my stockings are charms
0:39:02 > 0:39:05# When you got a stocking on and love in your arms
0:39:05 > 0:39:09# Just a lookin' like a sweet interlude
0:39:09 > 0:39:12# I'm flickin' through the pages gets me in the mood
0:39:12 > 0:39:14# In the mood
0:39:14 > 0:39:16# That's it cos I got it and I'm
0:39:16 > 0:39:17# In the mood
0:39:17 > 0:39:19# Your ear will spot it when you're
0:39:19 > 0:39:20# In the mood
0:39:20 > 0:39:23# Bobbity bop a diddly-bop-a-bop-a
0:39:23 > 0:39:25# Be alive and get the jive You've got to learn how
0:39:25 > 0:39:29# Hep, hep, hep, you're hep like a hepper full of
0:39:29 > 0:39:32# Pep, pep, pep You're hot as a pepper
0:39:32 > 0:39:35# When you step, step, step Step, step like a stepper
0:39:35 > 0:39:37# We're muggin'
0:39:37 > 0:39:41# And now we're huggin'
0:39:41 > 0:39:46# Cos we're in the mood. #
0:39:51 > 0:39:52APPLAUSE
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Fantastic, thank you so much,
0:39:55 > 0:39:58The Three Bells, ladies and gentlemen.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02Thank you so much. Good luck.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Fantastic.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07I don't know where to stand, there's a plethora of microphones
0:40:07 > 0:40:09which will be removed by magic around me.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13Now, we've got a bit of stand-up coming up
0:40:13 > 0:40:16which isn't usually an artform that I particularly warm to.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20I don't know why, I've always had a slight irrational dislike of it
0:40:20 > 0:40:22and my producer knew that the only way
0:40:22 > 0:40:25she could slip some into the line-up tonight
0:40:25 > 0:40:29was to dress it up in the form of a rather delicious Frenchman.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32OK? So she's done very well because I'm agog.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34I'm quite excited, I love a Frenchman.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37A joke and a French accent and I'm probably anybody's.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41So, ladies and gentlemen, can I give you Yacine Belhousse.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45APPLAUSE
0:40:46 > 0:40:51Oh, it's so nice to meet you. Yes, very good, Julie, that's very good.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Can I just say... No, can I just explain...
0:40:54 > 0:40:57I'm not trying to take him away immediately.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00Yacine, you worked with Eddie Izzard? Cos Eddie was in here.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Is he still in here or is he backstage?
0:41:02 > 0:41:05- I think he's backstage. - You actually... Come to the mic.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08- You actually opened for him... - Yes.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11..while he was on his French tour.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Yes, during the French tour, tout en francais.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17- And he spoke in French. - Yes, he speaks very well French.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Yes. OK, so you got to know each other well then.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24For the opening thing, yes. It was a big adventure
0:41:24 > 0:41:25- and fantastic for me. - Fantastic.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28So then he's now persuaded you to come back here?
0:41:28 > 0:41:34Yes, "Just open a bridge and just try it in English here.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38"You know Edinburgh?" I said... "I don't know much Scotland."
0:41:38 > 0:41:42It's my first time in Scotland, I enjoy it, it's fantastic for me.
0:41:42 > 0:41:43Fantastic.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45So it's like a kind of French exchange.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47He goes over and you come here and perfect your language.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49A university exchange, yes, exactly that.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52Listen, take it away. Thank you for joining us.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Thank you.
0:41:54 > 0:41:55Hello.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57APPLAUSE
0:41:57 > 0:42:00That's the one. Welcome!
0:42:00 > 0:42:03So, yes, um...I'm French.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05But don't worry, don't worry,
0:42:05 > 0:42:08I learned English this afternoon just for you tonight.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Don't worry, it will be fine.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12I'm sure that you will understand my English.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16I just have little problems sometimes, little problems,
0:42:16 > 0:42:21when I improvise, with conjugating verbs in the past tense.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24When I improvise. And in the past tense, OK?
0:42:24 > 0:42:27And I have a technique for that.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31If that case happens, I will say the verb in the infinitive form
0:42:31 > 0:42:33and add "This is in the past" OK?
0:42:35 > 0:42:39And then you will be able to translate it in your head.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42We'll just do an example. I run "in the past".
0:42:42 > 0:42:46That means that was yesterday.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48OK? But my English is like that
0:42:48 > 0:42:52because I didn't learn English at school.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56I learned English by watching TV and movies,
0:42:56 > 0:42:58by comparing the dialogue with the subtitles.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01That was my technique - dialogues and subtitles.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04That's why I can't have a deep conversation about my feelings
0:43:04 > 0:43:07because I have a lack of vocabulary.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11But I can easily rob a bank because I...
0:43:12 > 0:43:16I know the line, "Put the money in the bag, bitch.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19"Please."
0:43:19 > 0:43:23I want to say please. I want to say please if I rob a bank
0:43:23 > 0:43:27because I learn English with Downton Abbey.
0:43:28 > 0:43:29So I want to say,
0:43:29 > 0:43:35"Would you be so kind as to put the money in the bag, Lady Crawley?
0:43:36 > 0:43:38"You bitch!"
0:43:38 > 0:43:42But even if I rob a bank... Imagine me anyway.
0:43:42 > 0:43:47I think that my English is a little bit random, OK?
0:43:47 > 0:43:50I know I talk funny, so my hostages could mock me.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53"Everybody, get cold!
0:43:53 > 0:43:56"Get cold! Colder! Colder!"
0:43:56 > 0:43:58"You mean freeze." "Yes."
0:44:01 > 0:44:03"Put your hands up in the air!"
0:44:03 > 0:44:05It looks like a French rap concert.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08What is that? I tried, OK?
0:44:08 > 0:44:11I tried to rob this bank, but I'm not sure of myself.
0:44:11 > 0:44:16"But be careful. If you don't do what I want, I used to kill you."
0:44:20 > 0:44:22That's not correct.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25"I will have killed you.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29"In the future."
0:44:29 > 0:44:33"No, I refuse to be threatened by bad conjugation.
0:44:33 > 0:44:38"Go back in France and threaten people correctly, OK?"
0:44:38 > 0:44:40So, yes, I'm French.
0:44:40 > 0:44:41Um...
0:44:42 > 0:44:45My English...my English is OK,
0:44:45 > 0:44:49but I'm very happy to be here in Scotland because
0:44:49 > 0:44:52now I understand some cliches
0:44:52 > 0:44:56that British people have about the French.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00For instance, what you hear now is the French accent.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02It's the real French accent from Paris.
0:45:02 > 0:45:07I grew up in the Paris area, and this is the French accent.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09Cos I heard a lot of...
0:45:09 > 0:45:11EXAGGERATED FRENCH ACCENT: "Hello. What's your name?
0:45:11 > 0:45:14My name is Jean Pierre. Your name? What is your name?
0:45:14 > 0:45:16This is not an accent.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18This is a disease.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22Nobody talks like that in France.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25We killed the last one in October.
0:45:25 > 0:45:26OK?
0:45:26 > 0:45:32Also, people say, "Oh, Paris! You come from Paris! It's so romantic."
0:45:32 > 0:45:37Paris is a romantic city if you are already in a romance.
0:45:37 > 0:45:42If you are looking for someone you should try Calais.
0:45:44 > 0:45:47Some neighbourhoods are fantastic in Paris.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50I know that, like...Montmartre.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52Montmartre is fantastic.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54You should go to Montmartre. It's fantastic.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57That is where the movie Amelie have been filmed.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59It's beautiful, romantic.
0:45:59 > 0:46:03But if you go down the hill from Montmartre, you find Pigalle.
0:46:03 > 0:46:08Montmartre looks like Amelie, Pigalle looks like The Walking Dead.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10A lot of men walking like...
0:46:10 > 0:46:12HE MAKES GROANING SOUNDS
0:46:12 > 0:46:14"Who are you? I am the mayor of Pigalle!"
0:46:14 > 0:46:18"I run this place."
0:46:18 > 0:46:20A lot of aggressive people, also.
0:46:20 > 0:46:25There is a lot of very macho, sleazy men.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27And you think we are romantic? No.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29A lot of very macho,
0:46:29 > 0:46:35aggressive guys that try to pick-up girl with the pick-up line, "Hey!
0:46:36 > 0:46:38"Oh!
0:46:40 > 0:46:42"Hey!"
0:46:42 > 0:46:44That's a pick-up line in Paris.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50Nobody understand why they do that. There is no logic in it.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53Yelling to be loved. Nobody understand.
0:46:53 > 0:46:58Maybe one day one man tried that technique and it worked for him.
0:46:58 > 0:47:01You see a girl, you fancy the girl, he say...
0:47:01 > 0:47:03HE SCREAMS
0:47:03 > 0:47:06and the girl say, "Absolutely. Yeah."
0:47:06 > 0:47:09"Rarr!
0:47:09 > 0:47:11"I love talking with you.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16"Whoo!
0:47:16 > 0:47:20"You are such a poet. That's fantastic."
0:47:20 > 0:47:21That doesn't work.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23So, Paris is a bit violent.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25And I am used to that violence
0:47:25 > 0:47:28because I grew up in a tough neighbourhood.
0:47:28 > 0:47:33My school was run down, that explain also this English.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36In fact, just to explain how shitty my school was,
0:47:36 > 0:47:38the first time I ever saw a living chicken
0:47:38 > 0:47:41that was in my high school playground.
0:47:41 > 0:47:44And the first time I ever saw a boy kill a chicken
0:47:44 > 0:47:46that was the same day.
0:47:46 > 0:47:50A boy from another school, posh school,
0:47:50 > 0:47:56he throw a chicken over the fence of my high school playground
0:47:56 > 0:47:58just to mock us.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00Like, "Oh, you peasants."
0:48:00 > 0:48:02But it didn't work
0:48:02 > 0:48:05because everybody in my school was very happy about the chicken.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07Because a chicken is funny.
0:48:07 > 0:48:10A chicken is funnier than me, it's funnier than you,
0:48:10 > 0:48:12because it's a chicken.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14HE MIMICS CHICKEN CALL
0:48:15 > 0:48:18So, we had the chicken in the playground
0:48:18 > 0:48:23and everybody was happy, it became our new mascot.
0:48:23 > 0:48:28And the boy from the other school was frustrated because of that.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30Because it didn't work.
0:48:30 > 0:48:33He was jealous of the chicken's success.
0:48:33 > 0:48:41So, he took a rock on the floor and threw - in the past - that rock.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43At the chicken.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45So, the chicken was like that...
0:48:45 > 0:48:49HE SINGS AS A CHICKEN
0:48:51 > 0:48:53And...
0:48:53 > 0:48:56the chicken took the rock just there.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58In the white meat.
0:48:59 > 0:49:02And he fall down.
0:49:02 > 0:49:03He look at us and said...
0:49:03 > 0:49:07HE MIMICS CHICKEN CALL
0:49:07 > 0:49:10Which means, "Why? Why?"
0:49:10 > 0:49:13HE MIMICS CHICKEN
0:49:13 > 0:49:15"Who are you to judge me?
0:49:17 > 0:49:20HE MIMICS CHICKEN
0:49:20 > 0:49:23"Aren't we all god's creatures?"
0:49:24 > 0:49:28HE MIMICS CHICKEN
0:49:28 > 0:49:30"In the back."
0:49:30 > 0:49:32HE MIMICS CHICKEN
0:49:33 > 0:49:36HE MIMICS CHICKEN
0:49:36 > 0:49:39No need to translate that last sentence.
0:49:39 > 0:49:42Everybody understood that. That's basic chicken.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46And then he died.
0:49:46 > 0:49:50But he died very proudly. he died screaming.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53HE MIMICS CHICKEN
0:49:53 > 0:49:56Which means....Freedom!
0:49:57 > 0:49:59Like William Wallace in Braveheart.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01Which is a very good movie.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04Which came out last week in France.
0:50:04 > 0:50:05Thank you very much.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08My name is Yacine Belhousse. You've been lovely with me tonight.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11- Thank you. - Thank you so much.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15Ladies and gentlemen, Yacine Belhousse.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19There you see, that's all it took.
0:50:19 > 0:50:23Bit of a French accent, I'm sold on it. That was fabulous.
0:50:23 > 0:50:26Everyone has their hot things and recommendations
0:50:26 > 0:50:28that they tell everyone to see at the Edinburgh Festival.
0:50:28 > 0:50:32One thing I must share with you, the other night I went to see it at
0:50:32 > 0:50:37the St Giles Cathedral, the very brilliant Song Of The Goat Theatre.
0:50:37 > 0:50:39They are a Polish group.
0:50:39 > 0:50:42And they were performing their new piece Return to the Voice,
0:50:42 > 0:50:44which is a new work drawing on
0:50:44 > 0:50:47Scotland's ancient musical traditions.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49And it was so moving, haunting and brilliant.
0:50:49 > 0:50:54And before they came on there was also an extra surprise,
0:50:54 > 0:50:58if you like, because there were three Scottish and Gaelic musicians
0:50:58 > 0:51:03who just came on very simply and just sang, and it was so pure
0:51:03 > 0:51:06and stunning that people really were really moved by it.
0:51:06 > 0:51:10And I've managed to persuade Linda MacLeod to come on her own tonight
0:51:10 > 0:51:13and sing for us. Linda.
0:51:15 > 0:51:16Thank you so much.
0:51:16 > 0:51:18Thank you so much for coming.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20You're very welcome.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22Take the stage.
0:51:26 > 0:51:29SHE SINGS IN GAELIC
0:54:40 > 0:54:41SHE SPEAKS IN GAELIC
0:54:41 > 0:54:43Thank you.
0:54:44 > 0:54:47Thank you so much. Let me just talk to you.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50I just want to ask you...
0:54:50 > 0:54:53And it's really lovely of Linda to come and do it
0:54:53 > 0:54:55because she's usually accompanied by two colleagues.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57I'm all by myself tonight.
0:54:57 > 0:55:00She's usually got whistles and flutes and pianos and everything else.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03Yes. I was very lucky the other night.
0:55:03 > 0:55:04Quite often I sing by myself.
0:55:04 > 0:55:08I love having my friends along to play with me, and it was just lovely.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11Them accompanying me and having them on stage was just lovely.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14I just find it so haunting. It moves me to tears.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16I'm sorry, I just found that really beautiful.
0:55:16 > 0:55:20And it was so funny trying to research you on YouTube and things.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22It's all in Gaelic. Do you say Gaelic?
0:55:22 > 0:55:24Gaelic. Yes.
0:55:24 > 0:55:26It's very little that I could understand,
0:55:26 > 0:55:28so I have no idea what that song was about.
0:55:28 > 0:55:30- Can you tell us? - Of course.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32That song, I've done a lot of research both sides,
0:55:32 > 0:55:34my mother's family and my father's family,
0:55:34 > 0:55:36and that one was from my father's family.
0:55:36 > 0:55:39It was a cousin of my grandfather who had composed it.
0:55:39 > 0:55:43When a few of the families from the Isle of Bernera,
0:55:43 > 0:55:46up in the Western Isles of Scotland,
0:55:46 > 0:55:49quite a few families had moved over to Vancouver, so we decided to
0:55:49 > 0:55:53compose this song for a cousin of his who was going over there on holiday
0:55:53 > 0:55:58so we could sing to the families that had left home to resettle over there
0:55:58 > 0:56:01and that they could tell how everyone was and what was going on at home.
0:56:01 > 0:56:04I suppose, all the goss and all the news.
0:56:04 > 0:56:07- So, that's what that song is about. - Oh, it's just fabulous.
0:56:07 > 0:56:11Are you enjoying being the support act, if you like?
0:56:11 > 0:56:13Yes, it was lovely.
0:56:13 > 0:56:16The performance itself and how they learned Gaelic and I know that
0:56:16 > 0:56:19Marie Smith had been over there with lots of songs and things.
0:56:19 > 0:56:22It was just amazing to see it in a different context.
0:56:22 > 0:56:24It's the best night I've seen in Edinburgh because you
0:56:24 > 0:56:27and your colleagues singing, which is just mesmerising,
0:56:27 > 0:56:31then this extraordinary piece of theatre Return to the Voice,
0:56:31 > 0:56:35and as you spill out onto the Mile, it just times it brilliantly with
0:56:35 > 0:56:38the Military Tattoo, and the fireworks start.
0:56:38 > 0:56:41I mean, it's exhaustingly brilliant the whole evening.
0:56:41 > 0:56:42Listen, we wish you luck.
0:56:42 > 0:56:45You're going to be supporting them the whole of the run, are you?
0:56:45 > 0:56:47We've just done our little stint.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50They've got different Gaelic acts over the festival,
0:56:50 > 0:56:53so we've just done our bit. It was lovely to be part of.
0:56:53 > 0:56:56I know there are some brilliant Gaelic acts coming up as well.
0:56:56 > 0:56:58So, if you do get a chance to go, please make sure you do.
0:56:58 > 0:57:00Thank you so much for coming along.
0:57:00 > 0:57:03Thank you very much, again. Bye-bye.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09I loved that.
0:57:09 > 0:57:12I thought we could have something very pure and simple after all
0:57:12 > 0:57:15the madness, the bedlam, that is the Edinburgh Festival.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18That just about wraps it up for this evening.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20I've so enjoyed being here tonight.
0:57:20 > 0:57:21It's been lovely.
0:57:21 > 0:57:25Thank you for going, "Aw." That's really nice of you.
0:57:25 > 0:57:27Joe Stilgoe's lurking out the back
0:57:27 > 0:57:29and he's going to treat us to one more song.
0:57:29 > 0:57:32And then that's it. We'll be spilling out into the street.
0:57:32 > 0:57:36It's Saturday night. Where will it all end?
0:57:36 > 0:57:40Hopefully we'll all be together in some nice hostelry having a wee dram.
0:57:40 > 0:57:42See you later. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
0:57:42 > 0:57:45Joe Stilgoe, again.
0:57:48 > 0:57:49Thanks. Hello.
0:57:49 > 0:57:51I'm going to do this song from Groundhog Day.
0:57:51 > 0:57:52Do we all know this film?
0:57:52 > 0:57:56This is a song called Almost Like Being In Love.
0:57:56 > 0:57:58I'm going to do this song from Groundhog Day.
0:57:58 > 0:58:00Do we all know this film?
0:58:00 > 0:58:03LAUGHTER
0:58:10 > 0:58:12# What a day this has been
0:58:12 > 0:58:14# What a rare mood I'm in
0:58:14 > 0:58:18# Why it's almost like being in love
0:58:18 > 0:58:21# There's a smile on my face
0:58:21 > 0:58:23# For the whole human race
0:58:23 > 0:58:26# Almost like being in love
0:58:27 > 0:58:31# The music of life seems to be
0:58:32 > 0:58:36# Like a bell that is ringing for me
0:58:36 > 0:58:38# And from the way that I feel
0:58:38 > 0:58:41# When that bell starts to peal
0:58:41 > 0:58:45# I would swear I was falling, swear I was falling
0:58:45 > 0:58:49# Almost like being in love
0:59:06 > 0:59:09# The music of life seems to be
0:59:11 > 0:59:15# Like a bell that is ringing for me
0:59:15 > 0:59:17# And from the way that I feel
0:59:17 > 0:59:19# When that bell starts to peal
0:59:19 > 0:59:24# I would swear I was falling, swear I was falling
0:59:24 > 0:59:26# Swear I was falling
0:59:26 > 0:59:28# Swear I was falling
0:59:28 > 0:59:33# It's almost like being in love. #
0:59:37 > 0:59:41Thank you, Joe Stilgoe. And thank you for being such a great audience.
0:59:41 > 0:59:45And it's goodbye from us from Radio 2 Arts Show Presents Edinburgh.
0:59:45 > 0:59:48Thank you for your company. You've been lovely.
0:59:48 > 0:59:51Have a great evening. Bye.