Dheepan, X at the Royal Court, All That Man Is, Shakespeare at Compton Verney, The Five
A review of the week's cultural highlights. Palme d'Or winner Dheepan, X at the Royal Court, David Szalay's All That Man Is, Shakespeare In Art at Compton Verney, The Five on Sky.
French film Dheepan won the 2015 Palme d'Or, with a tale of Tamil refugees fleeing Sri Lanka and arriving in France, finding a whole new set of opportunities and problems
Alistair McDowall's newest play X is set on a space station on Pluto. It opens at London's Royal Court Theatre; will our reviewers think it's out of this world?
David Szalay's was named as one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists in 2013. His new novel All That Man Is looks at 9 young men in modern Europe
Shakespeare In Art is an exhibition at Compton Verney looking at the many ways that artists in different disciplines have depicted the work of The Bard.
The Five is a new thriller TV series where a group of friends is reunited when one of them is implicated in a murder.
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Malorie Blackman, Kerry Shale and Alice Jones. The producer is Oliver Jones.
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Jacques Audiard
Hear The Film Programme interview with the director of Dheepan
Dheepan
is in cinemas now, certificate 15.
All That Man Is by David Szalay
All That Man Is by David Szalay is available in hardback and ebook.Β
Shakespeare in Art
is at Compton Verney in Warwickshire until 19 June 2016
Image: βMacbethβ, Act I, Scene 3, the Weird Sisters, Henry Fuseli, 1783 Β© Royal Shakespeare Company Collection, Stratford-upon-Avon.
X
is at the Royal Court in London until 7 May 2016
Photo credit: Manuel Harlan
The Five
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Tom Sutcliffe |
| Interviewed Guest | Malorie Blackman |
| Interviewed Guest | Kerry Shale |
| Interviewed Guest | Alice Jones |
| Producer | Oliver Jones |
Broadcast
- Sat 9 Apr 2016 19:15ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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