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Richard Diebenkorn, Mommy, Frozen, The Shore, Coalition

Richard Diebenkorn at the Royal Academy of Arts, a debut novel The Shore by Sara Taylor, a new Xavier Dolan film Mommy, Bryony Lavery's hit play Frozen and TV drama Coalition.

The first major retrospective of Richard Diebenkorn's work for 25 years opens at London's Royal Academy. Derided by some for making abstract art popular, does this new show, which includes his figurative paintings too, restore his reputation as a serious artist?
A new Channel 4 drama "Coalition" dramatises the negotiations which took place immediately after the last general election and is based on first hand research by writer James Graham, whose past work includes Privacy, Tory Boyz and the Olivier-nominated This House. With Mark Gatiss as Peter Mandelson, how much of a behind the scenes insight does Coalition give us about this historic moment in British politics? And how well does it work as a drama?
A revival of Bryony Lavery's award winning play Frozen opens at the Park Theatre in London tells the story of the disappearance of a 10-year-old girl, Rhona, through three protagonists: the girl's killer, her mother and a New York psychiatrist researching why people commit such crimes. How does Frozen negotiate such a controversial and complex subject as child killers?
Set on a collection of islands off the coast of Virginia, Bailey longlisted debut novel "The Shore" by Sara Taylor interweaves stories that trace different generations of the same family over the course of 150 years.
In "Mommy" 25 year old Canadian director Xavier Dolan returns to the theme of mothers and sons, first explored in his debut feature "I Killed My Mother." Casting Anne Dorval as a strong, independent woman overwhelmed with the task of caring for a teenage tyrant, how does he portray the pressures inflicted by the chaotic, testosterone fuelled madness of a 15 year old boy.

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Mommy

Directed by Xavier Dolan, the film Mommy is in cinemas from Friday 20 March, certificate 15.

Frozen

Written by Bryony Lavery and directed by Ian Brown, the play is at the Park Theatre, Finsbury Park in London, until 11 April 2015.

Coalition

The feature length drama Coalition is on Saturday 28 March, 9pm on Channel 4.

The Shore

The book The Shore by Sara Taylor is published by William Heinemann.

Richard Diebenkorn

The exhibition is at the Royal Academy in London until 7 June 2015.Β 

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  • Sat 21 Mar 2015 19:15

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