Sheridan Smith, Fred D'Aguiar, Maxine Peake play, UNESCO Creative Cities
Sheridan Smith on her solo album, Sheridan, Maxine Peake's play on Hull heroine Lillian Bilocca, UNESCO Creative Cities assessed, and Fred D'Aguiar on Martin Luther King.
Sheridan Smith is a comic actor (The Royle Family, Gavin and Stacey), a serious dramatic actor (Flare Path, The Moorside, Dustin Hoffman's film Quartet) and a star of musical theatre, from Bugsy Malone when she was 16 to Funny Girl. Now she has released her first solo album. She talks about the songs she has chosen and her career so far.
The acclaimed actor Maxine Peake has written a play for Hull Truck and Hull City of Culture celebrating the life of a woman who dramatically fought for conditions for Hull fishermen to improve as trawler after trawler was lost. The Last Testament Of Lillian Bilocca is an immersive piece of theatre staged in the city's Guildhall with a cast partly drawn from the community. Paul Allen reviews.
UNESCO's Creative Cities Network has expanded from 116 cities worldwide to 180, and Bristol has just become the UK's second UNESCO City of Film following Bradford's 2009 designation. David Wilson, Director of Bradford UNESCO City of Film, and Charles Landry, author of The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators, discuss the benefits and disadvantages of being part of the network.
Fifty years ago Newcastle University bestowed an honorary doctorate on Martin Luther King - the only UK university to honour him. In his acceptance address he called for justice and brotherhood to roll down like a mighty stream. 'The Might Stream' is the title of a new book of poems written in of celebration Martin Luther King by a huge range of writers. Fred D'Aguiar speaks about the inspiration of King to him as a poet.
Presenter: Stig Abell
Producer: Sarah Johnson.
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Sheridan Smith
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Maxine Peake play
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Unesco Creative Cities
Duration: 06:45
Fred D'Aguiar
Duration: 06:14
Sheridan Smith
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Sheridan Smith: The Album is out now.
She is touring the UK in April 2018, starting at Gateshead on 10 April 2018,Β thenΒ visitingΒ Liverpool, Manchester, Blackpool, Nottingham, Norwich, London and Edinburgh ending in Cardiff on 28 April 2018.
Images: Main image above: Sheridan SmithΒ
Smaller image Β to the left: Sheridan Smith with Front Row's Stig Abell
Maxine Peake play
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, written by Maxine Peake and performed by the Hull Truck theatre Company, is at The Guildhall, Hull until 18 November 2017.
Image: the cast of The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca
Image credit: Andrew Billington
Unesco Creative Cities
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Bristol is named as a City of Film by
Image: Sherlock: The Abominable Bride location still shot on the streets of Bristol
Image credit: Bristol Film Office
Fred D'Aguiar
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Fred D'Aguiar is one of the poets in new anthology , edited by Jackie Kay and Carole Forche.
Image: Fred D'Aguiar
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Role Contributor Presenter Stig Abell Presenter Paul Allen Interviewed Guest Sheridan Smith Interviewed Guest David Wilson Interviewed Guest Fred D'Aguiar Producer Sarah Johnson Broadcast
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