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How to Be a Better Human review

“Likeable spoken-word show”

ReviewsAug 5, 2022by Lyn GardnerSummerhall, Edinburgh

Chris Singleton in How to Be a Better Human at Summerhall, Edinburgh. Photo: Garry Cook

Tongue-in-cheek monodrama in the style of a TED talk, written and performed by Chris Singleton

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