Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Anish Kapoor, The Plot Against America, Rachel De-Lahay, drive in comedy
Mon 13 Jul 2020
Review of The Plot Against America, Rachel De-Lahay, Anish Kapoor, Daniel Sloss.
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The Kanneh-Masons, Minack Theatre, Imran Perretta
Fri 10 Jul 2020
Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason perform live from their family home.
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Philip Pullman on Northern Lights 25 years on, Mrs America reviewed, Simon Schama
Thu 9 Jul 2020
Philip Pullman and Northern Lights 25 years on, Simon Schama and a review of Mrs America.
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Katori Hall; cinema after lockdown; documenting empty arts spaces
Wed 8 Jul 2020
US playwright Katori Hall; the future of cinema after lockdown.
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Rufus Wainwright, Neil Mendoza, Tate Bursaries, Ringo at 80
Tue 7 Jul 2020
Rufus Wainwright, Neil Mendoza, Tate Bursaries and Ringo Starr at 80.
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Funding for the arts, Wayne McGregor, Ennio Morricone
Mon 6 Jul 2020
Arts funding - is it enough? Wayne McGregor's new ballet and a tribute to Ennio Morricone.
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Theatres in pink, David Pickard on the 蜜芽传媒 Proms, Friday Review on Hamilton, Decolonising arts curriculum in school
Fri 3 Jul 2020
Theatres wrapped in pink to campaign for survival.
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The Secrets She Keeps, Fyzal Boulifa, Urdu poetry in Bradford
Thu 2 Jul 2020
The Secrets She Keeps, Fyzal Boulifa on his new film Lynn + Lucy, Urdu poetry in Bradford.
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Director Werner Herzog, actor Danny Sapani, Watford bookclub
Wed 1 Jul 2020
Werner Herzog on his latest film, Danny Sapani on play Les Blancs, Watford's big bookclub.
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The Arts in Crisis
Tue 30 Jun 2020
Simon Rattle and other leading figures discuss the crisis facing the arts.
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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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