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Shingai to headline

Shingai (star of the Noisettes) to headline at Primadonna next weekend… Shingai Shoniwa, founder and frontwoman of indie rock back Noisettes, is headlining at new festival Primadonna in Suffolk, where she will play a live solo set on Saturday 31 August. Shingai has performed with artists including Annie Lennox, Guillemots and Dizzie Rascal. She heads …

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Breasts panel

Sandi Toksvig to chair panel—Her Breasts Preceded Her into the Room—asking whether men can write women Sandi Toksvig, whose ridiculously wide range of credits include authoring more than twenty fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults, will appear twice at Primadonna, a new festival celebrating books, music and ideas taking place in Suffolk at …

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2019 Prize announcement

Primadonna proudly announces the inaugural Primadonna Prize… The new Primadonna Festival (30 Aug – 1 Sept) aims to celebrate brilliant writing from emerging as well as established artists. Primadonna will give prominence to work by women, while welcoming all genders, on stage and off.  The Primadonna Prize underlines our ethos of celebrating and giving a …

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