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Love's Labour's Lost, Cold War, Black Earth Rising, Pat Barker, Surreal Science

Globe Theatre's Love's Labour's Lost, award-winning Polish film Cold War, Â鶹ԼÅÄ/Netflix's Black Earth Rising, Pat Barker's The Silence Of The Girls, Surreal Science exhibition.

The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London is an intimate candle-lit theatre space ideally suited for Shakespeare productions. Their latest is Love's Labour's Lost, played largely as broad comedy... how does it handle the pathos?
Polish film Cold War won the Best Director Palme d'Or this year. It's a love story set in Soviet era Poland and the obstacles which make reaching for hope and resolution sometimes seem impossible
A new TV drama series co-production from Â鶹ԼÅÄTV and Netflix looks at the international legal ramifications of war crimes committed during the Rwandan genocide. Black Earth Rising stars Harriet Walter and Michaela Coel as a mother and daughter with a personal involvement that leads to family conflict
Pat Barker's latest novel The Silence Of The Girls is a retelling of the Trojan Wars from the point of view of the women.
Surreal Science is a new exhibition at London's Whitechapel Gallery combining collected 19th century scientific teaching models and illustrations, with new works selected by Salvatore Arancio to explore and understand the mysteries of nature and existence through scientific enquiry.
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Helen Lewis, Susan Jeffreys and David Benedict. The producer is Oliver Jones.

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45 minutes

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Love’s Labour’s Lost
Love’s Labour’s Lost runs at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London until 15th September.
Credit: Marc Brenner

The Silence Of The Girls

The Silence Of The Girls

The Silence Of The Girls by Pat Barker is published by Penguin Random House.

Credit: Justine Stoddard 

Cold War

Cold War

Cold War (Cert 15) is on limited release

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Black Earth Rising

Black Earth Rising

Black Earth Rising is on Â鶹ԼÅÄ2 from Monday 10th September at 9pm.

Credit: Des Willie

Surreal Science

Surreal Science

Surreal Science is on at the Whitechapel Gallery in London until 6th January 2019, admission is free.

Credit: Rosamond Purcell

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest Helen Lewis
Interviewed Guest Susan Jeffreys
Interviewed Guest David Benedict
Producer Oliver Jones

Broadcast

  • Sat 1 Sep 2018 19:15

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