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Radio Scotland,21 May 2026,30 mins

SeriesThe Arts Mix

Educating Rita, author Stuart MacBride, and Boiler Room Six

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Actor Grace Galloway talks about playing the famous role of Rita in Dundee Rep's revival of the 1980s modern classic play by Willie Russell, Educating Rita, which opens next week. Author Stuart McBride chats about his new novel, Blood, Rust and Steel, which is out today. And the Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival starts today. Len chats to writer Tom Foreman about Boiler Room Six: A Titanic Story, which will be on at the Stranraer Millenium Centre as part of the festival. The play tells the near-impossible true survival story of Titanic stoker Frederick Barrett, one of the many men who worked below deck keeping the ship afloat for as long as possible, saving hundreds of lives whilst potentially giving up on their own.

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