Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Kevin Kwan, Annilese Miskimmon of ENO, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley
Mon 29 Jun 2020
Kevin Kwan, author of the Crazy Rich Asians novels, and ENO's Annilese Miskimmon
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Michael Palin, The Last of Us Part II reviewed, Anthony Thwaite, Rethink - Nicola Triscott, Roadmap to Reopening Theatres
Fri 26 Jun 2020
Michael Palin on Waiting for Godot
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Crisis in theatre, Stuart Evers new novel, Eurovision the film, Bristol鈥檚 Colston statue
Thu 25 Jun 2020
Theatre Royal Plymouth in crisis, Stuart Evers novel, Eurovision the film, Colston statue.
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Griselda Pollock
Wed 24 Jun 2020
Griselda Pollock, the first art historian to win the prestigious Holberg Prize.
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Talking Heads, Jarvis Cocker, Thomas Clay
Mon 22 Jun 2020
We review the remake of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads and consider the art of the monologue
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Rebel Wilson, Ian Holm remembered, Bob Dylan, The Luminaries
Fri 19 Jun 2020
Rebel Wilson on her TV series Last One Laughing, and actor Sir Ian Holm remembered.
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Vera Lynn remembered, guitarist Sean Shibe, PlacePrints audio plays reviewed, Poetry from Alison Brackenbury
Thu 18 Jun 2020
Tributes to Dame Vera Lynn, guitarist Sean Shibe and PlacePrints audio plays reviewed.
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Judd Apatow, Carnegie and Greenaway Medals for children's literature, job losses in theatre, Alison Brackenbury
Wed 17 Jun 2020
Judd Apatow on The King of Staten Island, and the Carnegie and Greenaway winners announced
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Jean Toomer's Cane adapted, Bloomsday, Alison Brackenbury, Museums in lockdown
Tue 16 Jun 2020
Jean Toomer's Cane adapted, Bloomsday, Alison Brackenbury, Museums in lockdown
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Tracey Emin, Alison Brackenbury, Book Covers
Mon 15 Jun 2020
Tracey Emin on the artworks she has produced during lockdown.
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The Salisbury Poisonings, V铆kingur 脫lafsson, Walter Scott Prize, Pilgrims
Fri 12 Jun 2020
TV drama The Salisbury Poisonings, and V铆kingur 脫lafsson's final performance for Front Row
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Simon Bird, Whiteness, Ruth Patterson, Tony Walsh
Thu 11 Jun 2020
Simon Bird on Days of the Bagnold Summer, Whiteness discussed, Ruth Patterson, Tony Walsh
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Robert Lindsay, Tony Hall, How to make a new musical
Wed 10 Jun 2020
Robert Lindsay on his first acting job 50 years ago. Plus 蜜芽传媒 DG Tony Hall.
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Spike Lee; Hope Mirrlees' Paris - A Poem; and are we being more creative in lockdown?
Tue 9 Jun 2020
Spike Lee on Da 5 Bloods, his film about African American veterans returning to Vietnam.
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Michaela Coel, The Comedy Women in Print Prize, Bristol's Colston statue
Mon 8 Jun 2020
Actor and writer Michaela Coel on I May Destroy You, and Bristol's Colston statue.
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V铆kingur 脫lafsson, David Greig, El Presidente, Inclusive publishing
Fri 5 Jun 2020
V铆kingur 脫lafsson performs Bach. Plus David Greig's new play.
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Andrew Patterson, Writing about Race, Mark Damazer Chair of Booker Prize Foundation
Thu 4 Jun 2020
Andrew Patterson on The Vast of Night, an homage to 50s sci-fi TV.
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David Tennant and Michael Sheen in Staged, Ethiopian poetry, Talking About Race
Wed 3 Jun 2020
Staged, starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen, and an anthology of Ethiopian poetry.
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Carrie Mae Weems, Liz Lochhead, How will museums reflect the pandemic
Tue 2 Jun 2020
Carrie Mae Weems on the role art can play in the current crisis in the US
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Sitting in Limbo, Joanna Briscoe, Christo, The Uncertain Kingdom
Mon 1 Jun 2020
TV drama about the Windrush scandal reviewed and Joanna Briscoe on her new novel Seduction
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Indira Varma, V铆kingur 脫lafsson, Snowpiercer and The Lockdown Plays reviewed, DJ Mr Switch, Tom Morris
Fri 29 May 2020
Indira Varma on A Room of One's Own.
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Can arts venues survive social distancing?
Thu 28 May 2020
Will the finances ever stack up and what is lost when there's no crowd?
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John Grisham, re-opening of museums and galleries, the best of theatre online
Wed 27 May 2020
Bestselling author John Grisham on his latest novel.
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Tracee Ellis Ross, Walter Iuzzolino, Southbank Centre
Tue 26 May 2020
Tracee Ellis Ross on The High Note, and Walter Iuzzolino on Walter Presents.
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Kirsty Lang talks to American writer AM 蜜芽传媒s
Mon 25 May 2020
AM 蜜芽传媒s, writer of darkly comic fiction, talks about her novels, short stories and memoir
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The County & Little Fires Everywhere; The Archers; V铆kingur 脫lafsson; poetry to console
Fri 22 May 2020
Little Fires Everywhere and The County reviewed. The Archers and Coronavirus
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Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre from a State of Isolation, Rubaiyat Hossain, Abigail Pogson, Martin Green
Thu 21 May 2020
Unprecedented - new plays respond to the pandemic, Rubaiyat Hossain on her new film.
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Simon Schama on Rembrandt's The Night Watch, can the performing arts survive coronavirus?
Wed 20 May 2020
We take a close look at the masterpiece as a hyper-resolution photograph of it goes online
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Stephen La Rivi猫re, Nancy Kerr, Silas Marner
Tue 19 May 2020
Nebula-75 creator Stephen La Rivi猫re, and singer Nancy Kerr.
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