Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Baz Lurhmann on Elvis, new productions of Carmen and Tom, Dick and Harry
Mon 20 Jun 2022
Baz Luhrmann on Elvis.
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Circle of Fifths, reviews of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande and The Lazarus Project
Thu 16 Jun 2022
Gavin Porter on National Theatre Wales's live documentary performance Circle of Fifths.
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Freddie De Tommaso, Women鈥檚 Prize For Fiction Winner, John Byrne, Ukrainian Antiquities
Wed 15 Jun 2022
Tenor Freddie De Tommaso; we announce the Women's Prize winner; John Byrne's retrospective
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Theaster Gates, Lightyear, Dean Atta, Music Back Catalogues
Tue 14 Jun 2022
Theaster Gates' new pavilion, Pixar's Lightyear, Kate Bush, Dean Atta's YA novel in verse.
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George Ezra performs, TV drama Sherwood reviewed, Norway's National Museum opens
Mon 13 Jun 2022
George Ezra performs tracks from his new album Gold Rush Kid.
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Reviews of the film All My Friends Hate Me and the play Cancelling Socrates; the Women's Prize for Fiction nominee Ruth Ozeki
Thu 9 Jun 2022
A review of British comedy-horror film All My Friends Hate Me, directed by Andrew Gaynord.
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Paula Rego Remembered, Cressida Cowell, Elif Shafak, Stones In His Pockets
Wed 8 Jun 2022
Paula Rego鈥檚 life and work, Cressida Cowell, Elif Shafak's Women's Prize shortlisted book.
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Ayanna Witter Johnson performs, Clement Ishmael, digital theatre
Tue 7 Jun 2022
Ayanna Witter Johnson plays live, plus Clement Ishmael and digital theatre.
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Africa Oy茅, Queer Poetry, Maggie Shipstead
Mon 6 Jun 2022
Music festival Africa Oy茅; 100 Queer Poems, Maggie Shipstead, author of Great Circle.
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Front Row reviews 1952
Thu 2 Jun 2022
A Jubilee Special: Front Row reviews some of the cultural highlights of 1952.
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Tracey Emin, Anthony Joseph, Bergman Island
Wed 1 Jun 2022
Tracey Emin, poet Anthony Joseph performs live and Bergman Island reviewed.
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Rory Kinnear on the film Men, Lord Parkinson on the new UK City of Culture, The Duchess of Cornwall, Mo Abudu on Blood Sisters
Tue 31 May 2022
Actor Rory Kinnear on playing multiple roles in the new Alex Garland film, Men.
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Refik Anadol, Jasdeep Singh Degun, The British Art Show
Mon 30 May 2022
Immersive digital art in Coventry, the British Art Show, & music from Jasdeep Singh Degun.
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Reviews of The Midwich Cuckoos, Pistol and Edvard Munch, Meg Mason on Sorrow and Bliss
Thu 26 May 2022
Reviews of The Midwich Cuckoos, Pistol and Munch, and author Meg Mason on Sorrow and Bliss
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The Art of Burning Man, dementia on stage, dogs on screen at Cannes
Wed 25 May 2022
Burning Man art - in Derbyshire; Frances Poet鈥檚 play about dementia; film award for dogs.
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ABBA Voyage, Terence Davies, Zaffar Kunial's poem for George Floyd
Tue 24 May 2022
ABBA Voyage, Terence Davies, Zaffar Kunial's poem for George Floyd
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The Cannes Film Festival, John Godber's Teechers, the winner of the British Book Awards
Mon 23 May 2022
Jason Solomons reports live from the Cannes Film Festival.
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Cornelia Parker and Emergency reviewed, The Wreckers, Ivor Novello Awards
Thu 19 May 2022
Melly Still, Ivor Novello Awards, Emergency and Cornelia Parker reviewed.
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Joanna Scanlan; director Indu Rubasingham; the Norfolk and Norwich Festival
Wed 18 May 2022
Joanna Scanlan on acting in Welsh; and Indu Rubasingham鈥檚 new play on the death of Gandhi.
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Kay Mellor remembered
Tue 17 May 2022
TV dramatist Kay Mellor remembered, and an interview with playwright Chloe Moss.
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Top Gun Maverick, Joseph Wright of Derby Painting, Kingsway Tram Subway, Louise Erdrich
Mon 16 May 2022
Top Gun: Maverick, a Joseph Wright of Derby painting unveiled and novelist Louise Erdrich.
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Oklahoma! on stage and Conversations with Friends on TV reviewed; The Bob Dylan Centre; The Florence Nightingale Museum reopens
Thu 12 May 2022
A review of Daniel Fish's production of Oklahoma! as it opens at the Young Vic in London.
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The directors of Everything Everywhere All At Once
Wed 11 May 2022
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Camille O'Sullivan, and do artists need to 'make' art?
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Eurovision; BookTok and young adult publishing; Waldemar Januszczak on art in Ukraine
Tue 10 May 2022
The politics of the apolitical Eurovision Song Contest amid conflict in Europe.
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Clio Barnard, Belle and Sebastian, Lisa Allen-Agostini
Mon 9 May 2022
Filmmaker Clio Barnard on The Essex Serpent and Belle and Sebastian perform live.
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PJ Harvey, Radical Landscapes exhibition and TV show The Terror-Infamy reviewed
Thu 5 May 2022
PJ Harvey on Orlam, her narrative poem in Dorset dialect.
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Deesha Philyaw, Tristan Sharps, County Durham bid for City of Culture
Wed 4 May 2022
Deesha Philyaw, Tristan Sharps, Brighton Festival, County Durham bid for City of Culture.
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Nathaniel Price, Alex Heffes, Actors and AI
Tue 3 May 2022
Playwright Nathaniel Price on writing his drama, First Touch, about abuse in football.
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Caryl Lewis, Gwenno, Anthony and Kel Matsena
Mon 2 May 2022
Front Row from Wales: writer Caryl Lewis, singer Gwenno, Matsena Brothers, choreographers.
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The Corn is Green play and Walter Sickert exhibition reviewed, Cherylee Houston
Thu 28 Apr 2022
Play The Corn is Green and Walter Sickert exhibition review, BAFTA winner Cherylee Houston
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