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Live from Cardiff with Connor Allen, ZoΓ« Skoulding and music from Catrin Finch and Aoife Ni Bhriain

Playwright Connor Allen on his Grime musical Making of a Monster, poet Zoe Skoulding and live performance from harpist Catrin Finch and violinist Aoife Ni Bhriain.

Playwright, poet and Children’s Laureate for Wales Connor Allen talks about his grime-theatre mash-up The Making of a Monster, a semi-autobiographical production about a young man struggling to find his place in the world.

Harpist Catrin Finch and Irish violinist Aoife Ni Bhriain perform live in the Front Row studio and discuss their appearance at the Other Voices Festival in Cardigan, which will celebrate connections between Ireland and Wales.

Poet ZoΓ« Skoulding talks about her latest collection, A Marginal Sea, written in Ynys Mon, Anglesey, on the edge of Wales.

Bilingual rapper, Sage Todz, on turning O Hyd - Still Here - a song from the '80s rallying people to the cause of the Welsh language, into one rallying them in support of the Welsh national football team, which is still here, in the World Cup competition.

Presenter: Huw Stephens
Producer: Julian May

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42 minutes

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  • Wed 2 Nov 2022 19:15

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