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Kimchilia Bartoli, Reviews of This is Going to Hurt, Flee and Louise Bourgeois

Countertenor Kimchilia Bartoli and reviews of the film Flee, TV series This is Going to Hurt, and Louise Bourgeois exhibition at the Hayward Gallery.

Korean-American countertenor Kangmin Justin Kim gives an insight into the creation of his drag persona, Kimchilia Bartoli, a tribute to the Italian opera diva, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli. Justin will be performing as Kimchilia at this year’s Classical Vauxhall festival in The Royal Opera House is Burning, a recital inspired by the drag balls of 1980s Harlem.

Dr Ronx Ikharia reviews This is Going to Hurt, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s adaptation of Adam Kay’s brutal memoir of working as a doctor in a London hospital.

Critics Charlie Porter and Olivia Laing review Oscar-nominated animated documentary Flee and Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child, an exhibition of the artist’s later work at the Hayward Gallery.

Photo credit: Royal Opera House

Producer: Laura Northedge
Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe

42 minutes

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Thu 10 Feb 2022 19:15
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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