Front Row - Christmas Party with Jon Culshaw, Josie Lawrence, Austentatious, Patience Agbabi, Inua Ellams and Steve Edis

Christmas Party with Jon Culshaw, Josie Lawrence, Austentatious, Patience Agbabi, Inua Ellams and Steve Edis

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Join John Wilson for a Christmas party including games and performances from all our guests.

Impressionist Jon Culshaw delivers ten Christmas messages, but can you guess all the voices?

Poet Patience Agbabi performs her Christmas poem, I Go To the Supervillains Christmas Ball As The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, written especially for Front Row.

Cariad Lloyd and Charlotte Gittins from comedy improv group Austentatious perform an excerpt from a previously unknown Jane Austen work suggested by our party guests.

Playwright Inua Ellams reads his poem, Swallow Twice, about family and feasting.

Actress Josie Lawrence improvises a Christmas song based on a random object, with Steve Edis on piano providing musical accompaniment throughout.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Hannah Robins.

Published on Monday, 25th December 2017.

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