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Actor Kara Tointon, Short Attention Span Theatre and debut novelist Abigail Abbas

Afternoons The Arts Mix

Len Pennie keeps you up to date on what's happening in the arts and culture scene across Scotland, including The Constant Wife play, and Abigail Abbas chats about her debut novel.

Eastenders star and stage actor Kara Tointon drops in for a chat about her latest project The Constant Wife which opens at Edinburgh鈥檚 Festival Theatre this week.

Debut novelist Abigail Abbas discusses her new book The Driving Seat which sees a woman fleeing to a Scottish castle with her baby to escape her psychopath ex-husband.

Short Attention Span Theatre are back with a new show, billed as a mini fringe event, six short plays are to be performed back-to-back, for one night only, at Edinburgh鈥檚 Gilded Saloon. Len meets actor Sarah Pieraccini who performs in two of the plays.

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Tue 31 Mar 2026 15:30
麻豆社 Radio Scotland

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