Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Playwright Ryan Calais Cameron, musician Stewart Copeland and is Morris dancing having a moment?
Tue 25 Apr 2023
Playwright Ryan Calais Cameron, Stewart Copeland, and is Morris dancing having a moment?
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Patrick Radden Keefe on the Sackler family, Iestyn Davies performs live, sustainable theatre
Mon 24 Apr 2023
Patrick Radden Keefe on the Sacklers, Iestyn Davies performs live, sustainable theatre
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Everything But the Girl, French film Pacifiction and TV drama The Diplomat reviewed
Thu 20 Apr 2023
Everything But the Girl, Netflix's The Diplomat and French film Pacifiction reviewed.
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Opera composer Jeanine Tesori, Margaret MacMillan on Paris 1919, new ideas in architecture
Wed 19 Apr 2023
Jeanine Tesori's Blue for the ENO; Baillie Gifford shortlist - Margaret MacMillan.
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Jazz singer Georgia Cecile, the controversy surrounding Barcelona鈥檚 La Sagrada Fam铆lia
Tue 18 Apr 2023
Jazz singer Georgia Cecile, the controversy surrounding Barcelona鈥檚 La Sagrada Fam铆lia.
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Colin Currie performs live, author Catherine Lacey, the influence of Noel Coward
Mon 17 Apr 2023
Colin Currie performs live, author Catherine Lacey, the influence of Noel Coward.
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Front Row reviews Hamnet at the RSC and TV drama Obsession; Michael Frayn on his memoir
Thu 13 Apr 2023
Reviews of the RSC's Hamnet and TV drama Obsession; Michael Frayn's memoir Among Others
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Max Porter on new novel Shy, Chris Killip exhibition at the Baltic, Kevin Sampson on The Hunt for Raoul Moat
Wed 12 Apr 2023
Max Porter on his new novel, Shy; Chris Killip exhibition at the Baltic in Newcastle.
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Wade Davis on George Mallory, Benbrick on AI and creativity
Tue 11 Apr 2023
The Rossettis; Benbrick on AI and creativity; Wade Davis on mountaineer George Mallory.
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The 400th anniversary of Shakespeare鈥檚 First Folio
Mon 10 Apr 2023
The 400th anniversary of Shakespeare鈥檚 First Folio.
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Ai Weiwei at the Design Museum and TV drama Rise of the Pink Ladies
Thu 6 Apr 2023
Ai Weiwei - Making Sense. The new Grease TV prequel. The Good Friday Agreement on stage.
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Boris Becker documentary, Commemorating the Good Friday Agreement in art, Artist-led organisations
Wed 5 Apr 2023
New Boris Becker film, marking the Good Friday Agreement in art, artist-led organisations.
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Joe Pearlman on his Lewis Capaldi film, author Craig Brown, Tartan at the V&A
Tue 4 Apr 2023
Joe Pearlman on his Lewis Capaldi film, author Craig Brown, Tartan at the V&A Dundee
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Ria Zmitrowicz on The Power, The ENO鈥檚 The Dead City and God鈥檚 Creatures reviewed
Thu 30 Mar 2023
Ria Zmitrowicz on The Power, The ENO鈥檚 The Dead City and God鈥檚 Creatures reviewed.
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Cash Carraway on 蜜芽传媒 drama Rain Dogs, the might of the UK gaming industry, Kidnapped on stage
Wed 29 Mar 2023
Cash Carraway on her comedy-drama Rain Dogs, the UK gaming industry, Kidnapped on stage
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Musician Natalie Merchant, poet Victoria Adukwei Bulley, library funding
Tue 28 Mar 2023
Musician Natalie Merchant, poet Victoria Adukwei Bulley, library funding.
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Barbara Demick on North Korea; Dungeons and Dragons controversy; folk musicians Hack-Poets Guild
Mon 27 Mar 2023
The controversy surrounding fan-made content inspired by the hit game Dungeons and Dragons
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Steven Knight on Great Expectations, After Impressionism at the National Gallery
Thu 23 Mar 2023
Steven Knight on Great Expectations, the After Impressionism exhibition reviewed.
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Touchstones Rochdale art gallery's radical 80s history, James Shapiro on Shakespeare
Wed 22 Mar 2023
The radical history of Rochdale Art Gallery in the 1980s.
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Danny Lee Wynter and play Black Superhero; badly behaved theatre audiences; violinist Pekka Kuusisto
Tue 21 Mar 2023
Danny Lee Wynter on his play; Pekka Kuusisto plays live; theatre audience etiquette.
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Lisa O鈥橬eill performs live, Dance of Death from the National Theatre of Norway
Mon 20 Mar 2023
Lisa O'Neill performs live, Dance of Death from the National Theatre of Norway, FESPACO.
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Richard Eyre on his film Allelujah, and climate change TV drama Extrapolations reviewed
Thu 16 Mar 2023
Richard Eyre on his film Allelujah, TV series Extrapolations, southern US black artists.
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Scottish-Iranian film Winners, playwright Calum L MacLe貌id, neurodiversity and creativity
Wed 15 Mar 2023
Scottish-Iranian film Winners, playwright Calum L MacLe貌id, neurodiversity and creativity.
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Diversity at the Oscars and Baftas; plays and the cost of living; children's books; Phyllida Barlow
Tue 14 Mar 2023
After the Oscars and Baftas, Tom discusses diversity at awards and in the film industry.
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Author Percival Everett, director Pravesh Kumar on Little English
Mon 13 Mar 2023
Percival Everett's novel Dr No; Pravesh Kumar on film Little English; Yeats & smartphones.
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Film My Sailor, My Love; Atwood鈥檚 Old Babes In The Wood; Baillie Gifford prize; Nicole Flattery
Thu 9 Mar 2023
Reviews of My Sailor My Love and Margaret Atwood鈥檚 new collection; Baillie Gifford winners
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Pioneering play Top Girls turns 40, do publishers owe a duty of care to memoirists? and the benefits of stopping the show
Wed 8 Mar 2023
Pioneering play Top Girls turns 40, and do publishers have a duty of care to memoirists?
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Daniel Mays on a new production of Guys and Dolls, and how accessible are venues and film sets for performers?
Tue 7 Mar 2023
Daniel Mays in Guys and Dolls, making film and TV sets more accessible for performers.
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Steven Moffat and Lucy Caldwell on writing about the Hadron Collider
Mon 6 Mar 2023
Steven Moffat and Lucy Caldwell on writing short stories inspired by the science of Cern.
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Daisy Jones & The Six on TV. Lukas Dhont鈥檚 film Close. Edmund De Waal on potter Lucie Rie
Thu 2 Mar 2023
Reviews of Daisy Jones And The Six and Close, plus ceramicist Edmund de Waal on Lucie Rie.
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