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Ali Smith & Jackie Kay

Life Soundtracks

Scotland Unwrapped

Wed 2 Oct
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Ali Smith & Jackie Kay

Life Soundtracks

Scotland Unwrapped

Author Ali Smith and former Makar Jackie Kay discuss the soundtrack to their lives – a shared passion for a wide range of music from Celtic folk to jazz, from blues to Bach, musicals to Mozart.


Novelist Ali Smith (The Accidental, How to be both) and poet Jackie Kay discuss the soundtracks to their lives – a shared passion for a wide range of music from Celtic folk to jazz, from blues to Bach, musicals to Mozart. Life without Ella or Nina or Joni would have been a different life altogether. Music tells the stories of our lives; one song can take you right back to the time when…

Book Jackie Kay May Day Launch event — Wed 1 May

This event will last approximately 2 hours, including an interval. 

Date:Wed 2 Oct
Start time:7.30pm (Doors: 7pm)
Venue:Hall Two
Price:£9.25-£18.50
+ 10% booking fee.

Booking Fees

A booking fee of 10% will be applied in your basket, with a maximum charge of £5.00 per transaction. Kings Place Friends are exempt from all booking fees.

Why do booking fees apply?
Booking fees (per order, not per ticket) covers our Box Office administrative costs so that Kings Place Music Foundation, the charity set up to run the music spaces at Kings Place, can continue to support our programme, artists and learning and participation work.

Availability:Tickets available
£8.50 ‘Under 30s’ tickets
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Kings Place Concessions Tickets
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