Carlos Acosta, Iain Bell, BAFTA Games Awards
Carlos Acosta discusses his new film Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story. Plus composer Iain Bell on his new opera Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel, and the BAFTA Games Awards.
Carlos Acosta went from an impoverished upbringing in Havana, Cuba to a world-renowned ballet dancer and the first black Principal of The Royal Ballet. He tells John Wilson about his new film Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story, and his plans for Birmingham Royal Ballet; he starts his role as its director in January 2020.
Composer Iain Bell on the world premiere of his new opera Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel, which tells the stories of the women living in the doss houses of Victorian London’s East End and the five whose lives were tragically stolen.
Plus Jordan Erica Webber with news of the BAFTA Games Awards.
Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Jack Soper
Last on
Carlos Acosta
in Yuli, atΒ selected cinemas,Β
cert 15 from 12 April
Photo credit: Denise Guerra
Main image: Carlos Acosta
Photo credit: Denise Guerra
Iain Bell
Photo credit: Alastair Muir
Iain Bell's The Women of Whitechapel at the
until 12 Apr
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- Fri 5 Apr 2019 19:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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