Life of Galileo, Colossal, Jimmy McGovern, Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Thresholds at Somerset House
Life of Galileo at The Young Vic, monster science fiction black comedy Colossal, Jimmy McGovern's Broken, Lucy Hughes-Hallett's Peculiar Ground, Somerset House's Thresholds.
Joe Wright directs Brecht's Life of Galileo at The Young Vic, reimagining it with a Chemical Brothers rave soundtrack...
In science fiction black comedy Colossal, Anne Hathaway plays a woman coping with alcoholism whose alter ego just happens to be a giant space monster. It's a kaiju movie
Jimmy McGovern's newest TV offering is Broken which stars Sean Bean as an inner city priest coping with escalating personal and parish pressures.
Lucy Hughes-Hallett's novel Peculiar Ground deals with the construction and changing nature of the walls of a country estate across the centuries.
Thresholds is an exhibition by Mat Collishaw at Somerset House, re-staging one of the earliest exhibitions of photography in 1839, when William Henry Fox Talbot showed his first prints.
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are John Mullan, Laline Paull and Tiffany Jenkins. The producer is Oliver Jones.
Last on
Life of Galileo
is at The Young Vic Theatre in London, until 1 July.Β Β
Colossal
is in cinemas now, certificate 15
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
is available in hardback and ebook from 18 May.
Mat Collishaw: Thresholds
runs at Somerset House in London until 11 June.
Broken
is broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One starting Tuesday 23 May at 9pm.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Tom Sutcliffe |
| Interviewed Guest | John Mullan |
| Interviewed Guest | Laline Pau |
| Interviewed Guest | Tiffany Jenkins |
| Producer | Oliver Jones |
Broadcast
- Sat 20 May 2017 19:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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