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19/09/2020

Liam Neeson appeals for NI Executive to secure £33 million for the arts, Lyric's Jimmy Fay on how theatres can survive and CEO Martin Green on Festival UK 2022.

Liam Neeson appeals for NI Executive to secure £33 million for the arts sector, Lyric's Jimmy Fay on how theatres can survive and how Belfast acting royalty Marie Jones and Ian McElhinney recorded a new play audio only in the closed Lyric Theatre. The Festival 2022 was mocked as Festival of Brexit and now with the Irish border back in the news as a political football, CEO Martin Green on whether this festival can be a celebration here and what a UK wide festival can look like. Plus, writer Andrew O'Hagan on a heartbreaking story of an extraordinary life-long friendship set in the post punk era
and actor Ian Beattie is in quarantine in Amsterdam - he reads a poem to tie in with World Alzheimer's Day and Memory Radio NI. Presented by Marie-Louise Muir.

55 minutes

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Sat 19 Sep 2020 18:05

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  • Sat 19 Sep 2020 18:05