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03/07/2012

Clare English boards the Starlight Express as it arrives in Edinburgh and Kevin McMahon visits the International Magic Festival to explore how magic still holds us under its spell.

As Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical, Starlight Express steams in to Edinburgh's playhouse, the show's Poppa and Electra tell us why it continues to WoW audiences three decades on.

With Glasgow's annual outdoor Shakespeare festival now in full swing, Gordon Barr, artistic director of Bard In The Botanics discusses the challenges and pleasures of directing and performing, especially in this year's unpredictable weather.

We take a walk around Edinburgh's new Sculpture Centre, an ambitious artist led project and the first of its kind in the UK.
As the Edinburgh International Magic Festival brings magicians from all over the world to conjure awe and wonder in Edinburgh this week. The Festival's artistic director, Kevin McMahon, explains why magic continues to hold us under its spell.

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