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Everyman, Paul Abbott, Idris Khan, Beyond the Marches

A review of Everyman at the National Theatre, Paul Abbott on his new TV series No Offence, artist Idris Khan, and young folk musicians on Beyond the Marches. With Samira Ahmed.

Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in the first play Rufus Norris directs as Artistic Director of the National Theatre: Carol Ann Duffy's present-day take on the fifteenth century morality play Everyman, choreographed by Javier De Frutos. Susannah Clapp reviews.

Paul Abbott, the creator of Clocking Off, State of Play and Shameless, speaks to Samira Ahmed about his new 8 part TV series No Offence - a new police drama for Channel 4.

Idris Khan creates layered art often involving repetitions of text or images drawn from a wide range of sources from media images of conflict to tourist postcards of Big Ben. He tells Samira about his work and his new exhibition, Conflicting Lines.

And Beyond the Marches: 6 young folk musicians from England and Wales are spending this week exploring their heritage, culminating in performances this weekend. Front Row joins them as they breathe new life into traditional songs unearthed from the countries' national archives.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Sarah Johnson.

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  • Images from his Conflicting Lines exhibition

Chapters

  • Paul Abbott

    Duration: 07:18

  • Everyman

    Duration: 05:11

  • Idris Khan

    Duration: 07:07

  • Beyond the Marches

    Duration: 08:12

Everyman

Everyman

Β is at the National Theatre until 30 August 2015.

Images: Main: Amy Griffiths, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Adam Burton and Clemmie Sveaas. Left: Sharon D Clarke, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Philip Martin Brown. Photo credit: Richard Hubert Smith.Β 

No Offence

No Offence

beings on Channel 4 on Tuesday 5 May at 9pm.


Idris Khan

Idris Khan

is at Victoria Miro MayfairΒ in London from 1 May until 2 June 2015

Image:Β Installation photo: Courtesy the Artist and Victoria Miro, London. Β© Idris Khan

Beyond the Marches / Dros y Ffin

Beyond the Marches / Dros y Ffin

is at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on Saturday 2 May, the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on Sunday 3 May and Cecil Sharp House in London on Monday 4 May.


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Presenter Samira Ahmed
Producer Sarah Johnson
Interviewed Guest Susannah Clapp
Interviewed Guest Paul Abbott
Interviewed Guest Idris Khan

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