
Monkey: Journey to the West
Blur's Damon Alban, Jamie Hewlett and director Chen Shi-Zheng talk about the opera
Blur's Damon Alban, artist Jamie Hewlett and Chinese theatre director Chen Shi-Zheng talk about collaborating on their operatic version of the famous novel Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en.
Also on the programme: as the last episode airs, a tribute from Elaine Showalter to the US TV phemonenon The Sopranos; a live performance from the accordianist Martin Lubenov, the king of Balkan swing; film director John Boorman talks about his movie about twins, The Tiger's Tail; the German-born artist Anselm Kiefer talks about his exhibition in the grounds of the Grand Palais in Paris; writer Joanne Harris on her book The Lollipop Shoes.
Presented by Mark Coles.
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