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White Lines, Víkingur Ólafsson, How to write a play, Eliza Hittman

White Lines reviewed; pianist Víkingur Ólafsson performs live from Reykjavík; how to write a play; Eliza Hittman on her film Never Rarely Sometimes Always

The new Netflix thriller White Lines takes the viewer to the sunshine and drug-fuelled world of 90s raves in Ibiza. A Spanish-British production, it stars Laura Haddock, Daniel Mays and Angela Griffin. For our Friday Review, Rowan Pelling and Gaylene Gould give their verdicts on that and Rainbow Milk, the debut novel by Paul Mendez, which depicts a childhood in the West Midlands where religion and family put pressure on Jesse to repress his sexuality before he escapes to London.

Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson continues his weekly live performances from the empty Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík, as Front Row’s Lockdown Artist in Residence. Tonight Víkingur plays Bartók’s Three Hungarian Folksongs from Csík.

Have you been to the theatre, or heard a play or watched a TV series and thought 'I could write something better than that' but didn’t know how to get started? To point you in the right direction, Deirdre O’Halloran from London’s Bush Theatre, and stage and screenwriter Vinay Patel (Murdered By My Father and Doctor Who), offer advice about where to start.

Director and writer Eliza Hittman on depicting the harsh reality for a teenage girl seeking an abortion in America in her acclaimed new film drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

Presenter Samira Ahmed
Producer Jerome Weatherald
Studio Manager Emma Harth

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Fri 15 May 2020 19:00

White Lines and Rainbow Milk

White Lines is streaming on Netflix
Paul Mendez's novel Rainbow Milk is out now

Main image: Daniel Mays
Photo credit: Netflix

Víkingur Ólafsson

Víkingur Ólafsson
Víkingur Ólafsson plays Three Hungarian Folksongs from Csik by Bartok

Eliza Hittman

Eliza Hittman
Photo from Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Courtesy of Universal Pictures UK

Eliza Hittman's film Never Rarely Sometimes Always is streaming on Prime Video

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