Dumbo, Grief Is The Thing With Feathers, Van Gogh and Britain, Ewan Morrison, Sean Scully
Tim Burton's Dumbo, Grief Is The Thing With Feathers, Van Gogh and Britain, Ewan Morrison: Nina X, Sean Scully on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ2.
Disney's latest live action remake of one of their classic cartoons is Dumbo, reimagined by Tim Burton.
Grief Is The Thing With Feathers was a novel by Max Porter and has now been adapted for the stage by Enda Walsh and starring Cillian Murphy. It has just opened at the Barbican in London.
Vincent Van Gogh lived in London for a few years and Tate Britain is staging an Exhibition Van Gogh and and Britain looking at the artists who influenced him, his own work and the artists he has influenced.
Ewan Morrison's novel Nina X is a kidnap story about a young girl who was brainwashed by a Maoist cult before eventually being rescued and rehabilitated.
British artist Sean Scully is one of Britain's richest artists and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ2's Arena has followed him for a year, painting and creating and opening exhibitions of his work around the world.
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are John Tusa, Deborah Moggach and Alex Preston. The producer is Oliver Jones
Podcast Extra recommendations
Deborah: Judges Lodgings in Presteigne
John: The Way We Live Now by Trollope
Alex: Standing At The Sky's Edge at The Crucible in Sheffield
Tom: Wild Swans by Jung Chang
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Dumbo
Dumbo is out now on general release. Certificate PG.
Grief is the Thing with Feathers
Grief is the Thing with Feathers runs until 13 April 2019 (except Sundays) at the Barbican Theatre.
Nina X
Nina X by Ewan Morrison is out on 4 April 2019 and is published by Little Brown Book Group.
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ is running a Student Critics award, open for applications from schools and sixth form colleges. It’s run in conjunction with Cambridge University and First Story and more details can be found on the awardsΜύ.
Sean Scully
Unstoppable: Sean Scully and the Art of Everything airs on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two on 6 April 2019 at 9pm.
Van Gogh and Britain
The EY Exhibition: Van Gogh and Britain is on at Tate Britain until 11 August 2019.
Podcast Recommendations
John recommends Anthony Trollope's book -ΜύΜύ
Alex recommends at the Crucible Theatre
Tom recommends Jung Chang's book -Μύ
Broadcast
- Sat 30 Mar 2019 19:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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