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Thursday 16 Thursday 23 August 2007

Agenda

2 TOP 20 4 NEWS

6 JOSIE LONG DOES EDINBURGH

9 Books

10 OWEN SHEERS

15 WE ARE KLANG 17 HENRY ROLLINS

31 Dance

31 SCOTTISH DANCE THEATRE

35 Film

37 PHANTOM LOVE

45 THE MAN WHO

Cover story: A Rat's Tale

Following in the footsteps of Buzz Lightyear and Woody, Pixar’s latest animated hero is an aspiring rodent chef. As Ratatouille arrives at the

Edinburgh International Film Festival trailing clouds of glory, animation supervisor Dylan Brown talks to Eddie Harrison about the challenge of

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49 KANYE WEST

making audiences fall in love with a gourmet rat. See page 38.

10 Billy Bragg

The outspoken political singer talks to Doug Johnstone about how the events of 7 July 2005 in London inspired him to write The Progressive Patriot. which searches for a positive national identity.

16 School of Comedy What do you get if you ask a bunch of 12 to 16 year olds to behave badly? Sharp observational comedy. finds Robin Lee.

32 Impressing the Czar Dancer Aki Saito talks to Donald Hutera about the Royal Ballet of Flanders revival of William Forsythe's violent. crazy masterwork.

40 Samantha Morton

The actress turns in a deeply affecting performance as the long suf— fering wife of troubled Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in Contro/. one of the hottest tickets at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

58 The Wooster Group The legendary New York avant—garders combine classical opera and an Italian B-movie in the fresh and remarkable La Didone.

47 The Elves and the Shoemaker Andy Lawrence's creations are the cutest puppets on the Fringe.

57 Theatre

57 FUERZABRUTA 65 THE BACCHAE

70 Visual Art

70 ANDY WARHOL

73 Clubs '

74 SILENT DISCO

78 Escape '

78 GET AWAY FROM THE CROWDS

For complete eight-day information

I 10 Win tickets to see Interpol, Happy Mondays, Hot Club de Paris and Teenagers and Wild Beasts

I 10 Win tickets to see Frank Skinner plus a case of Magner’s Irish cider

I 1 O Excusive reader offer for The Shakespeare’s Globe - Romeo & Juliet

I 79 Win tickets to Foodies at the Festival

about non- Fesfival events in Glasgow and Edinburgh, see regular edition of The List.