Dame Evelyn Glennie in conversation, and the launch of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.

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Krista MacDonald, director of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, joins Len Pennie to talk about the launch and about the importance of gender balance, accessibility and treating comedy as an art which requires crafting and dedication. They talk about the big names appearing, such as Susie McCabe, Rosie O'Donnell and Daniel Sloss, as well as the up-and-coming names like Kim Blythe, and what it means to have Billy Connolly's blessing for the culminating prize, the Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award. Dame Evelyn Glennie joins Len in conversation ahead of her event with Fiona Stalker at Aberdeen's Cowdray Hall, the same place she performed in 1974. She talks about the importance of having peripatetic music teachers in schools, and how one teacher helped her to overcome assumptions about her musical abilities based on her identifying as profoundly deaf, to make percussion accessible to her, making her the first person to become a successful international solo percussionist. She talks about her love of percussion and what it means to play it, and why accessibility is so important, as well as listening in every aspect of life, especially to each other.