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9/11 play Decade; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Short Story Award

Jonathan Freedland reviews the new 9/11 play Decade; Sue MacGregor, Chair of this year's Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Short Story Award, reveals the shortlisted writers; and singer Mara Carlyle.

Rupert Goold's Headlong Theatre Company, the people who created Enron, have devised Decade - an immersive theatrical experience reflecting on the legacy of 9/11 ten years on. The site-specific production takes place in an old trading hall at St Katherine's Dock in London and is written by a team of authors including Abi Morgan, Alecky Blythe and Mike Bartlett. Jonathan Freedland reviews.

Sue MacGregor, chair of the judges for this year's Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Short Story Award, announces the shortlisted writers live on Front Row tonight. Following the announcement, Kirsty Lang will interview the first of the successful authors, with the other four writers being interviewed on Front Row next week. The winner of the Β£15,000 award will be announced live on Front Row on Monday 26 September.

Singer-songwriter Mara Carlyle has had an eventful musical career. After being dropped by her record company, her independently-released latest album Floreat, seven years after her critically acclaimed debut, was destroyed in a warehouse fire during the recent riots. Mara explains the numerous re-namings of her album as bad luck kept striking and how her fortunes changed thanks to a furniture company.

Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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Fri 9 Sep 2011 19:15

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