Joanna Scanlan; director Indu Rubasingham; the Norfolk and Norwich Festival
Bafta-winning actress Joanna Scanlan on acting in Welsh for the first time; director Indu Rubasingham on her new play about the death of Gandhi; and the Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
Bafta-winning actress Joanna Scanlan on learning Welsh and acting in the language for the very first time in Y Golau - a new crime drama for S4C and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer, set in rural Carmarthenshire and simultaneously filmed in Welsh and English.
Indu Rubasingham on directing The Father and The Assassin - a new play by long-time collaborator Anu Chandrasekhar about the death of Ghandi, which opens at the National Theatre in London.
Plus, the Norfolk and Norwich Festival. One of the oldest in the world, it began in 1772 to help raise money for healthcare, and is celebrating its 250th anniversary - running for 17 days with a wide variety of cultural events. Andrew Turner from Radio Norfolk talks to the director, Daniel Brine, and some of the artists, programmers, and spectators involved.
Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Harry Parker
Sound Engineer: Harry Parker
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