The Boy in the Dress, Turner Prize Shortlisted Artists, The First Nowell
The Boy in the Dress comes to the stage of the RSC with songs by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers, Turner Prize nominees on their work, Zeb Soanes on new Vaughan Williams libretto
The Boy in the Dress is a major new musical at the RSC in Stratford based on the book by David Walliams, with songs by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers, a script by Mark Ravenhill and directed by Gregory Doran. With such a pedigree will it match the success of Matilda? Nick Ahad reviews.
The Turner Prize is one of the biggest art prizes in the UK and offers £25,000 to its winner. Front Row goes to the Turner Contemporary in Margate where the Turner Prize exhibition is hosted this year to meet the nominees – Tai Shani, Laurence Abu Hamdan, Oscar Murillo and Helen Cammock - ahead of the winner announcement on the 3rd December.
The Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martin in the Fields will be launched on Sunday 1 December. This year, the fundraising gala at St Martin’s will include a performance of The First Nowell by Vaughan Williams with Radio 4 presenters, featuring a modified libretto by Zeb Soanes. He and Em Marshall-Luck, Founder-Director of The English Music Festival and former Chairman of the Vaughan Williams Society, discuss the delights of this rarely performed seasonal work.
Presenter: Stig Abell
Producer: Sarah Johnson
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The Boy in the Dress
Toby Mocrei
The Boy in the DressΒ is at the , Stratford-upon-Avon
Main image: Toby Mocrei
Photo credits: Manuel Harlan
The Turner Prize shortlist
You can see their work at in Margate until 12 Jan.Β The winner is announced on
Tue 3 Dec
The First Nowell
The Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martin in the Fields starts on Sun 1 Dec, and the fund-raising gala at which you can hear the performance of The First Nowell is on
Weds 4 Dec
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