Wimbledon sportsday, im katherine downes. Heres a taste of whats coming up tonight. We had four, but could we make it five brits into round three . Kyle edmund certainly tried on a hot and humid centre court. No sweat for djokovic. Hes through to round three after demolishing Adam Pavlasek of the Czech Republic in straight sets. And there was plenty of hot stuff on day four of the championships well bring you the best of the rest. And well bring you the rest of the days sports news, including a great day for the new england cricket captainjoe root. Its been a realjacket off day at wimbledon. Temperatures pushing upwards of 30 celsius, and over the last few days the british tennis has been pretty hot. Yesterday we would talking about four british players through to the third round for the first time in 20 years, today kyle edmund had the chance to become the fifth. But although the british mens number two put up a fight, he eventually succumbed to number 15 seed gael monfils in straight
Flipping the script on the notion that puppet shows are for children, Blind Summit's latest show The Sex Lives Of Puppets is a thought-provoking portrayal of modern lust, love and everything in between.
A show about puppets and sex? There are some obvious gags here, not least are their relationships based on “no strings”? Thankfully, Blind Summit artistic director Mark Down and his co-director and co-writer Ben Keaton eschew the corny and porny in this series of emotive vignettes.
Overall, the show is, predominantly, light entertainment: while there are moments of profundity, don’t go expecting a wholesome and entirely meaningful evening.