Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Celebrating Stravinsky
Wed 11 Aug 2021
Russian composer Igor Stravinsky died 50 years ago. Is his influence still felt?
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Paradise, John Boyne, Stuart Semple
Tue 10 Aug 2021
Kae Tempest on Paradise, their adaptation of Sophocles' Philoctetes starring Lesley Sharp.
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Phil Wang, Shape Open exhibiton, All Bound Together, Lost manuscripts of Louis-Ferdinand C茅line
Mon 9 Aug 2021
Phil Wang joins us to discuss his stand-up show, Philly Philly Wang Wang.
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Sir Tom Stoppard, Ryan Bancroft, Museum of The Year, Nick Laird
Fri 6 Aug 2021
Tom Stoppard on the return of his award-winning play, Leopoldstadt
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Sarah, Duchess of York on her new novel, Max Richter
Thu 5 Aug 2021
Sarah, Duchess of York, talks to Nick Ahad about her novel, Her Heart for a Compass.
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Repairing Beirut's museum artefacts, Vivo, DCMS performer Visas
Wed 4 Aug 2021
Repairing artefacts damaged in the Beirut port explosion, one year ago today
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Elif Shafak, Jonathon Heyward, Stillwater review
Tue 3 Aug 2021
Booker Prize shortlisted writer Elif Shafak on her new novel The Island of Missing Trees.
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Kathleen Marshall and Sutton Foster, Tim Renkow, Scarlett Johansson suing Disney.
Mon 2 Aug 2021
Kathleen Marshall and Sutton Foster on Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre in London.
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Billie Eilish reviewed, Sir James MacMillan on the First Night of the Proms, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Edinburgh Art Festival
Fri 30 Jul 2021
Laura Snapes reviews the new Billie Eilish album, Happier Than Ever.
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Derby: 300 Years of Making
Thu 29 Jul 2021
Museum of Making, Derby County Football Club's Poet-in-Residence, Kedleston Hall
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Tokyo: Art & Photography, Brett Goldstein and Nick Mohammed, Wellcome Photography Prize
Wed 28 Jul 2021
Tokyo: Art & Photography, and Brett Goldstein and Nick Mohammed on TV series Ted Lasso.
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David Lan on The Walk, The 2021 Booker Prize longlist, David Livingstone birthplace re-opening
Tue 27 Jul 2021
Samira talks to theatre director David Lan live from Gaziantep about The Walk.
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Morris Hayes on posthumous Prince album, reopenings in Northern Ireland, actor Amir El-Masry on new film Limbo
Mon 26 Jul 2021
Prince's longtime music director Morris Hayes on posthumous new album Welcome 2 America.
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April De Angelis, Tokyo Olympics, Jordan Tannahill, Neil Mendoza
Fri 23 Jul 2021
Playwright April De Angelis joins Tom to talk about her new musical, Gin Craze!
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McKellen's Hamlet reviewed, Mercury Prize nominees, Alex Von Tunzelmann on statues
Thu 22 Jul 2021
Susannah Clapp reviews the new production of Hamlet, starring Ian McKellen.
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Jon Batiste, Museum of the Year shortlist, The Humboldt
Wed 21 Jul 2021
Musician Jon Batiste, Art Fund Museum of the Year shortlist, The Humboldt Forum in Berlin
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Ivorian director Philippe Lac么te on his film Night of the Kings, Best Pick podcast, Tirtzah Bassel Canon in Drag
Tue 20 Jul 2021
Ivorian director Philippe Lac么te on his film Night of the Kings, set in a notorious jail
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Debbie Harry on a new Blondie album, 'Reclaiming Amy', Reassessing Amy Winehouse's musical legacy
Mon 19 Jul 2021
Debbie Harry on a new Blondie album.
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Quentin Tarantino, YA Fiction, Report from Cannes, The Vegetable Seller
Fri 16 Jul 2021
Tarantino in his only UK broadcast interview for the novel 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'
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Anna Meredith on Bumps Per Minute, British Podcast Awards, Generational Differences in Publishing
Thu 15 Jul 2021
Composer Anna Meredith on her piece inspired by the random movement of dodgems.
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Documentary Witches of the Orient, Antonia Fraser's verse and who should be writing book reviews?
Wed 14 Jul 2021
Julien Faraut on his documentary on a TV hit, the 1964 Japanese women's volleyball team.
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Nowhere Special, Art and ecology with George Monbiot and Ruth Maclennan, "Mid-list" novelist Chris Paling
Tue 13 Jul 2021
Full Monty producer Uberto Pasolini on directing new movie Nowhere Special.
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Marcus Rashford mural, Ian McMillan, gender split in publishing
Mon 12 Jul 2021
The Marcus Rashford mural which was defaced is part of a community street art project.
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Llangollen bridge wrapped in patchwork for its Eisteddfod, Cannes Film Festival, Zaida Bergroth on film Tove
Fri 9 Jul 2021
Llangollen bridge is wrapped in patchwork.
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Laura Mvula, Michael Spicer, Anthony Bolton
Thu 8 Jul 2021
Laura Mvula's on her new album, Pink Noise
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Ola Ince on Romeo & Juliet, harassment and bullying in the acting profession, BFI's Ben Roberts
Wed 7 Jul 2021
Romeo & Juliet director Ola Ince, and harassment and bullying in the acting profession
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Manchester International Festival
Tue 6 Jul 2021
A look at this year鈥檚 Manchester International Festival.
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Paula Rego at Tate Britain, Black Widow, Cultural Recovery Fund a year on
Mon 5 Jul 2021
A retrospective of the Portuguese-born artist Paula Rego opens at Tate Britain this week.
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Giles Terera, Chi-chi Nwanoku, The 2021 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Reviewing Another Round
Fri 2 Jul 2021
Danish Oscar-winning film Another Round reviewed.
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Bobby Gillespie, Karla Black, Audience Anxiety
Thu 1 Jul 2021
Bobby Gillespie on his new album of duets with Jehnny Beth.
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