New Bruce Springsteen album
A review of the week's cultural highlights, including RSC in Stratford, the new Springsteen album, 12 Years a Slave, Peter Capaldi in Musketeers, and The Girl With All the Gifts.
Hilary Mantel's novels about Thomas Cromwell - Chief Minister to Henry VIII - have been garlanded with awards and now the RSC has adapted both of them for the stage in 2 three-hour-long plays. We'll tell you whether they're worth queuing up for return tickets for.
12 Years A Slave is directed by British film director Steve McQueen and tells the true story of free African American kidnapped from Washington into slavery in the Southern States. It has been praised as eye opening with stunning performances, but how will our critics rate it?
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's latest costume drama is The Musketeers, a lavish production starring Peter Capaldi as Richelieu - is there a TV audience for swashbuckling and pistol duels set in pre-revolutionary France?
Bruce Springsteen albums are always eagerly awaited by his fans and his latest is a mix of cover versions and previously unreleased material. Can it deliver on the high hopes of listeners who don't yet worship at The Boss' altar?
Zombie books and films are an increasingly popular genre and The Girl With All The Gifts is about an apparently normal little girl with extraordinary powers that she can barely control.
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High Hopes
18th studio album, High Hopes, is released by Columbia Records on 13 January.
RSC: Wolf Hall/Bring Up The Bodies
12 Years A Slave
The Musketeers
The Girl With All The Gifts
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Producer | Fiona Couper |
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- Sat 11 Jan 2014 19:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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