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ROBIN INCE IS ON THE ROAD

Having had the rare experience of spending one month in just one city, the final weekend of the summer became a haste of travelling as I performed at three music festivals in three days.

I have been performing at End of the Road for 16 years and it has one of the finest comedy stages in the world – a wooded slope leading to a stage. Earlier that evening she had been watching Sufjan Stevens and singing along as she look nips of gin and orange. A man turned to her and said, “You’ve got a nice voice.” As she said, “Thanks very much” you could see him realise just who it was.

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