Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Kraftwerk's Karl Bartos, the Spooky Men鈥檚 Chorale, playwright Lucy Kirkwood
Mon 18 Jul 2022
Life in Kraftwerk, the Spooky Men's Chorale perform, Lucy Kirkwood on Maryland for TV.
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Persuasion & Patriots reviewed, Durham Brass Festival, Museum of the Year winner
Thu 14 Jul 2022
Luke Harding and Hanna Flint review Carrie Cracknell's adaptation of Persuasion.
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Shakespeare North Playhouse, T欧 Pawb in Wrexham, The Railway Children Return
Wed 13 Jul 2022
Shakespeare North Playhouse opens in Prescot.
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Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir, National Plan for Music Education, Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Tue 12 Jul 2022
Oscar-winning Joker composer Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir on her upcoming 蜜芽传媒 Proms concerts.
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Jack Absolute Flies Again, Joe Stilgoe, Cattelan / Druet
Mon 11 Jul 2022
Jack Absolute Flies Again, Joe Stilgoe, Cattelan/Druet
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The Story Museum, The Waste Land and Brian and Charles reviewed, Grand Theft Hamlet
Thu 7 Jul 2022
The Waste Land, Brian and Charles reviewed, The Story Museum Oxford, Grand Theft Hamlet.
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New national poet of Wales, Lucian Freud show, The Royal Cornwall Museum, The Blue Woman opera
Wed 6 Jul 2022
New national poet of Wales announced, Lucian Freud show, The Blue Woman opera premiere.
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Claudia Rankine, Derby's Museum of Making, Streamer Fatigue
Tue 5 Jul 2022
Claudia Rankine on her play The White Card and Derby's Museum of Making
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Peter Brook; Gone With The Wind; new children鈥檚 laureate Joseph Coelho
Mon 4 Jul 2022
Peter Brook remembered, the new children's laureate, Gone With The Wind and the US today.
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All Our Yesterdays, Sun & Sea, Laura Veirs
Thu 30 Jun 2022
Natalia Ginzburg's All Our Yesterdays, opera Sun & Sea, singer-songwriter Laura Veirs
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In the Black Fantastic exhibition; Maya Youssef performs live; visual artist Colin Davidson's exhibition
Wed 29 Jun 2022
Ekow Eshun on curating the exhibition In The Black Fantastic at the Hayward Gallery.
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Arthur Hughes as Richard III, Literary Prizes, Dadaist Interventions
Tue 28 Jun 2022
Arthur Hughes, the future of literary prizes, Dadaist interventions.
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Stephen Beresford, A harp concerto about bees, James Graham, Peter Kosminsky
Mon 27 Jun 2022
Playwright and BAFTA winning screenwriter Stephen Beresford on The Southbury Child.
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Reviews of the plays Rock, Paper, Scissors and documentary Studio Electrophonique, The People's History Museum, Michael Rosen
Thu 23 Jun 2022
We review Rock, Paper, Scissors - three new plays marking 50 years of Sheffield Theatres.
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Rowan Atkinson, Windrush Sculptures, Susanne Bier
Wed 22 Jun 2022
Rowan Atkinson, Thomas J Price on his Windrush sculptures, director Susanne Bier.
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Live music festivals; Roy Williams' play The Fellowship; The Horniman Museum
Tue 21 Jun 2022
The post-pandemic challenges facing the festival sector as Glastonbury returns.
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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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