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Emma Rice to leave The Globe, plus Boyz n the Hood director John Singleton and the new Design Museum

Reactions to the news that Emma Rice is to leave Shakespeare's Globe. A visit to London's new Design Museum as it prepares to open. Director John Singleton on Boyz n the Hood.

Shakespeare's Globe artistic director Emma Rice is to leave the theatre in 2018 after its board decided her methods are not authentic enough. Rice took charge of the London theatre in January but has come in for fierce criticism, including for her use of sound and lighting technology. Theatre critics Sarah Hemming, of the Financial Times, and Ann Treneman of the Times, discuss the reasons for Rice's departure and The Globe's future.

In a month's time the new Design Museum in London will be unveiled, having moved from its Thames-side home to its new, larger location, the building that was the Grade II* listed Commonwealth Institute in Kensington High St. John Pawson, the architect who has designed the interiors, and Dejan Sudjic, director of the Design Museum, give John Wilson the first access to the £83m project.

As Boyz N The Hood goes back into cinemas to mark its 25th Anniversary - and as a centrepiece of the British Film Institute's Black Star season - John Singleton talks to John Wilson about writing and directing what would become a ground-breaking film by the age of 23, and why the industry is more difficult than ever for black filmmakers.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Jack Soper

(Photo: Emma Rice. Credit: Imeh Akpanudosen / Getty Images for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts).

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Emma Rice

    Duration: 07:00

  • John Singleton

    Duration: 09:53

  • John Pawson and Dejan Sudjic

    Duration: 10:55

Emma Rice / The Globe Theatre

Emma Rice  / The Globe Theatre

Emma Rice’s opens on 22 April, with Romeo and Juliet.

Image:Ìý Emma Rice’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.ÌýÌý Credit: Steve Tanner

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Boyz N The Hood

Boyz N The Hood

, certificate 15, is released in selected cinemas UK-wide on 28 October, as part of BFI BLACK STAR.ÌýÌý L-R:Ìý Dedrick D. Gobert as Dooky; Baldwin C. Sykes as Monster; and Ice Cube as Doughboy.Ìý Courtesy Park Circus / Sony Pictures.

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The New Design Museum - Outside 26-02-2015

The New Design Museum - Outside 26-02-2015

will reopen in its new location on High Street Kensington on the on the 24th November 2016.

Image:Ìý The New Design Museum - Outside 26-02-2015.Ìý Credit:Ìý French and Tye

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The New Design Museum – Inside 26-02-2015.

The New Design Museum – Inside 26-02-2015.
Credit:Ìý French and Tye

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter John Wilson
Interviewed Guest Sarah Hemming
Interviewed Guest Ann Treneman
Interviewed Guest John Pawson
Interviewed Guest Dejan Sudjic
Interviewed Guest John Singleton
Producer Jack Soper

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  • Tue 25 Oct 2016 19:15

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