David Hare, John Akomfrah, Liverpool Everyman Rep
David Hare on Denial, John Akomfrah, The Liverpool Everyman repertory company, and Fiddler on the Roof.
Playwright David Hare discusses his screenplay for the film Denial, starring Rachel Weisz and Tom Wilkinson, about Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt's legal battle with Holocaust denier David Irving
As the Liverpool Everyman Repertory Company is revived, after over two decades, John talks to Artistic Director Gemma Bodinetz and actors Melanie La Barrie and Elliott Kingsley about their opening production of Fiddler on the Roof, and the history of the company, which in its previous 1970s incarnation launched the careers of Julie Walters, Jonathan Pryce and Bill Nighy.
The Β£40,000 Artes Mundi art prize, the UK's biggest contemporary art prize, has been won by filmmaker and artist John Akomfrah, who discusses his winning artwork, Auto Da FΓ©, which weaves together different moments over 400 years of history when communities were persecuted or driven from their land.
Do dogs prefer Bach or Bob Marley? Neil Evans, professor of integrative physiology at the University of Glasgow reveals the results of a study examining canine musical preferences.
Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Edwina Pitman.
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David Hare
Duration: 09:33
Liverpool Everyman
Duration: 07:17
Dogs and Music
Duration: 03:53
John Akomfrah
Duration: 07:18
Denial
Screenwriter and playwright David Hare
Denial is in selected cinemas, certificate 12A
John Akomfrah
John Akomfrah -Β Winner of 7 prize
Photo credit: Polly Thomas
Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof runs at the from17 Feb - 11 MarΒ
Photo credit: Mark McNulty
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Role Contributor Interviewed Guest David Hare Interviewed Guest Gemma Bodinetz Interviewed Guest Melanie La Barrie Interviewed Guest Elliott Kingsley Interviewed Guest John Akomfrah Interviewed Guest Neil Evans Presenter John Wilson Producer Edwina Pitman Broadcast
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