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OffCast gets out the sleigh bell sound effects for a Christmas special, including the best new shows and interviews with comedian and songwriter Tim Minchin – talking about Mathilda, writing a pop record and his love of Orangutans – and outgoing Tricycle Theatre Artistic Director Nick Kent on The Riots Shows featured: A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings (Little Angel) The Kitchen Sink (Bush) The Riots (Tricycle) And a Christmas round-up including Cinderella (Hackney Empire), Aladdin (Lyric Hammersmith), Hamlet (Young Vic), The Comedy of Errors (National) and John Hegley's Christmas Crackers (BAC) And don't forget - listeners can get 20% off all Oberon Books publications mentioned on the show, including the perfect Christmas gifts! Visit the webpage for more information, this week including the Royal Ballet Yearbook 2011-12, The Riots playtext, From the Horse's Mouth: How Handspring and the National Theatre made War Horse and Catching the Light: Sam Mendes and Simon Russell Beale – A Working Partnership. Bu