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* Playwright Jez Butterworth made a great impact with his debut play Mojo, set in the backrooms of a sleazy 60s Soho jazz bar.
Seven years later he has finally produced his follow up. The Night Heron is set in the wilds of East Anglia and features Ray Winstone as one of a pair of former gardeners reduced to living in a shack in the fens. They are an odd couple whose equilibrium is upset when a thuggish, former convict turns up.
The Night Heron is currently showing at the Royal Court Theatre in London.
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* It is generally frowned upon for classical musicians to stray from the notes in the score. Best leave that to the jazzmen is the general opinion.
Not so for Robert Levin, a pianist noted for his improvisations of new cadenzas for classical pieces. He came into the studio to talk about his work.
Robert Levin performs with The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the Brighton Dome on Friday 19 April and at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on Monday 22 April.
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* "There's something happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear.", sang Stephen Stills in ther classic For What it's Worth. The favourite art of the 60s, Happenings, gets a new lease of life at the Whitechapel Art Gallery this week.
Front Row explores the artistic legacy of performance art with art critic William Feaver and writer Judith Palmer.
A Short History of Performance (Part One) is at the Whitechapel Art Gallery until Sunday 21 April.
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* Cinema embraces the digital age in a new film by Slacker director Richard Linklater, Waking Life. By using a digitised version of actual film Linklater creates an impressionistic, hyper-real cartoon which mirrors the surreal and disjointed mindset of the film's central protagonist, a sleeping philosophy student.
Waking Life opens nationwide on Friday 19 April, Certificate 15.
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* A recent report commissioned by the Arts Council and the Theatrical Management Association, found that just 4 per cent of theatre staff are from the ethnic minorities. In America, Halle Berry's Oscar performance brought the spotlight onto issues of race in Hollywood. Back in Britain, with the BAFTAs on Sunday, Front Row asks whether awards make any difference to the colour of the faces we see on stage and screen.
The BAFTAs take place on Sunday 21 April and are screened on ITV1 on Monday evening.
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On Friday's programme
Front Row reviews In the Forest, Edna O'Brien's controversial new novel. And we examine the new spate of Alexandre Dumas adaptations about to hit the cinemas.
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