Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Playwright Jonathan Harvey on A Thong for Europe, Tom Hanks’s new novel reviewed
Thu 4 May 2023
Playwright Jonathan Harvey, Tom Hanks’s first novel and the film Harka reviewed
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Writer Jack Thorne, Derek Jarman’s Blue reimagined, music for the King’s coronation
Wed 3 May 2023
Writer Jack Thorne, Derek Jarman’s Blue reimagined, music for the King’s coronation.
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Sir Lenny Henry on his new play, music from the Tashi Lhunpo monastery, publishing and net zero
Tue 2 May 2023
Sir Lenny Henry, music from the Tashi Lhunpo monastery, publishing and net zero.
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Rachmaninoff - the 20th century's great romantic
Mon 1 May 2023
Celebrating the music of composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.
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Patrick Bringley on being a museum guard and TV drama Citadel reviewed
Thu 27 Apr 2023
Patrick Bringley on his memoir All the Beauty in the World and TV drama Citadel reviewed
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The making of the new RSC production of Cymbeline
Wed 26 Apr 2023
A first and a final - the making of the new RSC production of Cymbeline.
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Playwright Ryan Calais Cameron, musician Stewart Copeland and is Morris dancing having a moment?
Tue 25 Apr 2023
Playwright Ryan Calais Cameron, Stewart Copeland, and is Morris dancing having a moment?
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Patrick Radden Keefe on the Sackler family, Iestyn Davies performs live, sustainable theatre
Mon 24 Apr 2023
Patrick Radden Keefe on the Sacklers, Iestyn Davies performs live, sustainable theatre
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Everything But the Girl, French film Pacifiction and TV drama The Diplomat reviewed
Thu 20 Apr 2023
Everything But the Girl, Netflix's The Diplomat and French film Pacifiction reviewed.
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Opera composer Jeanine Tesori, Margaret MacMillan on Paris 1919, new ideas in architecture
Wed 19 Apr 2023
Jeanine Tesori's Blue for the ENO; Baillie Gifford shortlist - Margaret MacMillan.
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Jazz singer Georgia Cecile, the controversy surrounding Barcelona’s La Sagrada FamΓlia
Tue 18 Apr 2023
Jazz singer Georgia Cecile, the controversy surrounding Barcelona’s La Sagrada FamΓlia.
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Colin Currie performs live, author Catherine Lacey, the influence of Noel Coward
Mon 17 Apr 2023
Colin Currie performs live, author Catherine Lacey, the influence of Noel Coward.
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Front Row reviews Hamnet at the RSC and TV drama Obsession; Michael Frayn on his memoir
Thu 13 Apr 2023
Reviews of the RSC's Hamnet and TV drama Obsession; Michael Frayn's memoir Among Others
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Max Porter on new novel Shy, Chris Killip exhibition at the Baltic, Kevin Sampson on The Hunt for Raoul Moat
Wed 12 Apr 2023
Max Porter on his new novel, Shy; Chris Killip exhibition at the Baltic in Newcastle.
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Wade Davis on George Mallory, Benbrick on AI and creativity
Tue 11 Apr 2023
The Rossettis; Benbrick on AI and creativity; Wade Davis on mountaineer George Mallory.
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The 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio
Mon 10 Apr 2023
The 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio.
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Ai Weiwei at the Design Museum and TV drama Rise of the Pink Ladies
Thu 6 Apr 2023
Ai Weiwei - Making Sense. The new Grease TV prequel. The Good Friday Agreement on stage.
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Boris Becker documentary, Commemorating the Good Friday Agreement in art, Artist-led organisations
Wed 5 Apr 2023
New Boris Becker film, marking the Good Friday Agreement in art, artist-led organisations.
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Joe Pearlman on his Lewis Capaldi film, author Craig Brown, Tartan at the V&A
Tue 4 Apr 2023
Joe Pearlman on his Lewis Capaldi film, author Craig Brown, Tartan at the V&A Dundee
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Ria Zmitrowicz on The Power, The ENO’s The Dead City and God’s Creatures reviewed
Thu 30 Mar 2023
Ria Zmitrowicz on The Power, The ENO’s The Dead City and God’s Creatures reviewed.
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Cash Carraway on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ drama Rain Dogs, the might of the UK gaming industry, Kidnapped on stage
Wed 29 Mar 2023
Cash Carraway on her comedy-drama Rain Dogs, the UK gaming industry, Kidnapped on stage
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Musician Natalie Merchant, poet Victoria Adukwei Bulley, library funding
Tue 28 Mar 2023
Musician Natalie Merchant, poet Victoria Adukwei Bulley, library funding.
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Barbara Demick on North Korea; Dungeons and Dragons controversy; folk musicians Hack-Poets Guild
Mon 27 Mar 2023
The controversy surrounding fan-made content inspired by the hit game Dungeons and Dragons
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Steven Knight on Great Expectations, After Impressionism at the National Gallery
Thu 23 Mar 2023
Steven Knight on Great Expectations, the After Impressionism exhibition reviewed.
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Touchstones Rochdale art gallery's radical 80s history, James Shapiro on Shakespeare
Wed 22 Mar 2023
The radical history of Rochdale Art Gallery in the 1980s.
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Danny Lee Wynter and play Black Superhero; badly behaved theatre audiences; violinist Pekka Kuusisto
Tue 21 Mar 2023
Danny Lee Wynter on his play; Pekka Kuusisto plays live; theatre audience etiquette.
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Lisa O’Neill performs live, Dance of Death from the National Theatre of Norway
Mon 20 Mar 2023
Lisa O'Neill performs live, Dance of Death from the National Theatre of Norway, FESPACO.
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Richard Eyre on his film Allelujah, and climate change TV drama Extrapolations reviewed
Thu 16 Mar 2023
Richard Eyre on his film Allelujah, TV series Extrapolations, southern US black artists.
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Scottish-Iranian film Winners, playwright Calum L MacLeΓ²id, neurodiversity and creativity
Wed 15 Mar 2023
Scottish-Iranian film Winners, playwright Calum L MacLeΓ²id, neurodiversity and creativity.
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Diversity at the Oscars and Baftas; plays and the cost of living; children's books; Phyllida Barlow
Tue 14 Mar 2023
After the Oscars and Baftas, Tom discusses diversity at awards and in the film industry.
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