Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Daisy Jones & The Six on TV. Lukas Dhont’s 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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Barry Male Voice Choir, new play Romeo and Julie, WNO’s Blaze of Glory and Welsh culture minister Dawn Boden
Wed 1 Mar 2023
Barry Male Voice Choir, WNO’s Blaze of Glory and Welsh culture minister Dawn Boden.
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Tracy-Ann Oberman, Director Michael B Jordan, Oldham Coliseum
Tue 28 Feb 2023
Tracy-Ann Oberman on playing Shylock, Creed III's Michael B Jordan, and theatre funds.
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Conductor Antonio Pappano on Puccini’s Turandot and the Ukrainian cabaret artists performing in exile
Mon 27 Feb 2023
Antonio Pappano on Turandot, and the Ukrainian cabaret artists performing in exile.
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Immersive David Hockney art and Korean film Broker reviewed; artist Mike Nelson; AI-generated writing
Thu 23 Feb 2023
Immersive Hockney art, Korean film Broker, installation artist Mike Nelson, AI writing.
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New film The Strays, artists Chila Kumari Singh Burman and Dawinder Bansal, Janet Malcolm’s photography memoir
Wed 22 Feb 2023
New film The Strays and artists Chila Kumari Singh Burman and Dawinder Bansal.
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Michael Douglas, culture in Ukraine a year after invasion, visual effects and animation in the UK
Tue 21 Feb 2023
Oscar-winner Michael Douglas talks about his new film, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.
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Hugh Jackman, Kevin Jared Hosein, the future of opera
Mon 20 Feb 2023
Hugh Jackman, Kevin Jared Hosein, the future of opera.
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Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, Alice Neel, Spitting Image
Thu 16 Feb 2023
Animation Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, Alice Neel's art, Al Murray on Spitting Image
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Asif Kapadia's dance film Creature; the Barbellion Book Prize winner; South Asian and South East Asian galleries in Manchester
Wed 15 Feb 2023
Director Asif Kapadia on collaborating with choreographer Akram Khan on the film Creature
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Tracy Chevalier on Vermeer exhibition; live v streaming theatre audiences; American poet A. E. Stallings; The King's Singers
Tue 14 Feb 2023
Author Tracy Chevalier on the major Vermeer exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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Kate Prince on her suffragette musical, the art of casting, set design at the Brits.
Mon 13 Feb 2023
Kate Prince on her suffragette musical, the art of casting, set design at the Brits.
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Georgia Oakley director of Blue Jean, Burt Bacharach obituary, Salman Rushdie's Victory City and Peter Doig exhibition reviewed
Thu 9 Feb 2023
Georgia Oakley on her film Blue Jean about the impact of Section 28 on a teacher and pupil
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The Reytons, film-maker Saim Sadiq, The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Wed 8 Feb 2023
The Reytons on making a number 1 album, film-maker Saim Sadiq, The Beekeeper of Aleppo.
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Les Dennis and Mina Anwar, writer Tania Branigan, Kerry Shale on Yentl
Tue 7 Feb 2023
Les Dennis and Mina Anwar, writer Tania Branigan, and Kerry Shale on Yentl.
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Costume designer Sandy Powell, playwright Chris Bush, Donatello sculptures at the V&A
Mon 6 Feb 2023
Costume designer Sandy Powell, playwright Chris Bush, Donatello sculptures at the V&A.
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TV drama Nolly and film The Whale reviewed, director M Night Shyamalan
Thu 2 Feb 2023
A review of Nolly starring Helena Bonham Carter and written by Russell T Davies.
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Sonia Boyce, The Quiet Girl, Theatre Freelance Pay, Oldham Coliseum
Wed 1 Feb 2023
Sonia Boyce's Venice Biennale show, The Quiet Girl, Theatre pay discussed, Oldham Coliseum
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Beethoven's Für Elise, playwright Garry Lyons, film director Rajkumar Santoshi
Tue 31 Jan 2023
Who was the mysterious Elise of Beethoven's famous Für Elise?
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Film director Sarah Polley, novelist Ann-Helen Laestadius and deep fakes on TV
Mon 30 Jan 2023
Film director Sarah Polley, novelist Ann-Helen Laestadius and deep fakes on TV.
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The Fabelmans and Noises Off reviewed, Joe Cornish on new TV drama Lockwood and Co.
Thu 26 Jan 2023
The Fabelmans and Noises Off reviewed, Joe Cornish on new TV drama Lockwood and Co.
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Mel C on dancing with Jules Cunningham, film-maker Laura Poitras, musician Rasha Nahas
Wed 25 Jan 2023
Mel C at Sadler's Wells in How Did We Get Here? choreographed by Jules Cunningham.
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Artist John Akomfrah, Oscar Nominations, Arts Council England responds
Tue 24 Jan 2023
Artist John Akomfrah on representing the UK at the Venice Biennale, Oscar nominations
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The play Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons; conductor Alice Farnham; the short film An Irish Goodbye.
Mon 23 Jan 2023
Sam Steiner and Josie Rourke on their new production of Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
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Spain and the Hispanic World exhibition, new film Holy Spider, artist Clarke Reynolds
Thu 19 Jan 2023
Spain and the Hispanic World exhibition, new film Holy Spider, artist Clarke Reynolds.
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Hepworth, Moore, landscape and cows' backs; fiddle player John McCusker; novelist Victoria MacKenzie
Wed 18 Jan 2023
Hepworth, Moore and Yorkshire; Scottish fiddle player John McCusker; a novel about mystics
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Poet Anthony Joseph, new novels about witches and the fall in female film-makers
Tue 17 Jan 2023
Poet Anthony Joseph, new novels about witchcraft and the fall in female film-makers.
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Rebecca Frecknall on A Streetcar Named Desire, Rick Rubin, Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh
Mon 16 Jan 2023
Rebecca Frecknall on A Streetcar Named Desire, Rick Rubin, Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh
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The Last of Us & Enys Men reviewed
Thu 12 Jan 2023
New series The Last of Us series starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey reviewed.
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Filmmaker Todd Field on Tár, Glyndebourne tour cancellation, Debut novelist Jyoti Patel
Wed 11 Jan 2023
Filmmaker Todd Field on Tár, Glyndebourne tour cancellation; Debut novelist Jyoti Patel.
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