Front Row Episodes Episode guide
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Philip Glass and Phelim McDermott, Political knitting, Black women in theatre, Statues of performers
The power of knitting as protest and a huge statue of Ed Sheeran is unveiled in Moscow.
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Dominic Dromgoole, new theatres, Karina Ramage
Dominic Dromgoole, new theatres, Karina Ramage.
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Deborah Moggach, Elsinore computer game, Ivo van Hove, Can high notes shatter glass?
Deborah Moggach on new novel The Carer
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Pavarotti documentary, Wendell Berry, Port Eliot Festival closure, How our attitudes are reflected in culture
Pavarotti documentary reviewed, and how our attitudes are reflected in culture.
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Peter Gynt, how to listen to opera, The Left Behind, Rip Torn
Peter Gynt at the National Theatre reviewed and hard-hitting Welsh drama The Left Behind
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Cressida Cowell, the new children's laureate; Cherie Blair goes into film
Children's laureate Cressida Cowell, Cherie Blair, and Life of Pi on the stage
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Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Clara Schumann, Dark Money, Tree authorship row
Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Clara Schumann
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Olly Alexander, Midsommar, Britain's First Female Artists, Leon Kossoff obituary
Olly Alexander on gay pop songs and his Glastonbury speech
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Manchester International Festival
Tania Bruguera, Yoko Ono and Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.
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Chanya Button on Vita & Virginia, Michael Frayn's Noises Off, Mental health in gaming, Ode to Joy
New film Vita & Virginia, Noises Off, mental health in gaming, the story of Ode to Joy
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Howard Jacobson; Othello Remixed; Museum of the Year shortlister - St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff
Howard Jacobson, Othello Remixed, MOTY St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff
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Cornelia Funke, V&A Dundee, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Inkheart writer Cornelia Funke on Pan's Labyrinth, a collaboration with Guillermo del Toro
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Todd Douglas Miller, 50 years of queer books, Cultural and political memes
Todd Douglas Miller on his documentary Apollo 11 which uses previously unseen archive
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Kate Atkinson, YA fiction controversy, Queer writing in the noughties
Novelist Kate Atkinson on her new Jackson Brodie thriller, Big Sky.
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In Fabric, Queer books of the '90s, HMS Caroline, A forgotten female script
In Fabric stars a red dress with murderous intent. Front Row reviews the new horror film.
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British-Vietnamese playwright Tuyen Do, Cindy Sherman exhibition, Michael Jackson 10 years on, Queer Books - the 80s
British-Vietnamese playwright Tuyen Do, Cindy Sherman, Michael Jackson, Queer Books - 80s.
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Cardiff Singer of the World 2019, 50 years of queer books, Museum of the Year nominee Pitt Rivers
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Cardiff Singer of the World winner Andrei Kymach, queer literature of the 1970s
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Richard Curtis's Film Yesterday, a summer solstice poem, Bradford Literature Festival protests
Richard Curtis on his new film, Yesterday, and The Beatles, the rom-com and time itself
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Lee Krasner, Ben Platt, Chasing Rainbows
Abstract expressionist Lee Krasner's life and art discussed
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Mark Ronson, Arts sponsorship, Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley
Mark Ronson on the break-up album.
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Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal winners, Nottingham Contemporary, Sculpture since Hepworth and Moore
Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal winners, sculpture since Hepworth and Moore.
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Joseph O'Connor, Paula Rego retrospective, The role of the film critic
Joseph O’Connor on his latest novel Shadowplay, about the author of Dracula, Bram Stoker
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Tracy K Smith; New albums from Madonna, Springsteen and Avicii; Tory leadership and the arts
Tracy K Smith, US Poet Laureate
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Rob Lowe, Russian Protest Art, Keith Haring
Rob Lowe, former Brat Pack star, on his role as a chief constable in Boston, Lincolnshire
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Bill Nighy, unreliable narrators in video games, how to watch ballet
Bill Nighy on his latest film Sometimes Always Never.
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Ai Weiwei, Yacht Rock
Ai Weiwei discusses his career as an artist and activist
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Gwendoline Christie, Get Up, Stand Up Now, Young Poets Laureate
Game of Thrones's Gwendoline Christie on her new stage role in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Julianne Moore, Big Little Lies, Tales of the City, Dr John
Julianne Moore on her new film Gloria Bell
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Matt Berry, Claire McGlasson, National Trust acquires view that inspired Turner, Vasily Grossman’s Stalingrad
Comedian Matt Berry on his new TV shows What We Do in the Shadows and Year of the Rabbit
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Emma Thompson, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction, Anthony McCarten, D-Day weather play
Emma Thompson on her first stand-up comedy show and her new film Late Night