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Edinburgh Festival hot picks head to Outwith

Edinburgh Festival hot picks head to Outwith

Some of the most hotly-anticipated and well-reviewed Edinburgh Festival acts are coming to Dunfermline for Outwith. Star of Two Doors Down Kieran Hodgson (above), brings his very funny, one-man comedy Big in Scotland to Outwith following rave reviews. Tickets here. After an Edinburgh run of her hit play What Girls Are Made Of,  Fife’s ownCora Bissett delivers an acting masterclass and a short film Q&A. Tickets here. Fellow Fifer and director Andrew

Motorhead, Mary Queen of Scots, the Scots Makar and making people laugh: writing events at Outwith 23

Motorhead, Mary Queen of Scots, the Scots Makar and making people laugh: writing events at Outwith 23

Historical fiction, memoir, biography, poetry, sitcoms, songs, comic strips and zines – the topics and writing styles on offer at this year’s Outwith strengthen the festival’s reputation as a home of good writing. Award-winning, Crail based author Victoria Mackenzie comes to Dunfermline on 8 September to talk about her debut For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain. The novel has been heaped with praise by Frank Cottrell Boyce in