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Richard Gere in Time Out of Mind, Tanita Tikaram, Look Back in Anger

Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including a review of Richard Gere's new film Time Out of Mind, Tanita Tikaram on her new album Closer to the People and the play Look Back in Anger.

Richard Gere's latest film Time Out Of Mind sees him playing a homeless man who struggles to survive on the streets of New York City, Dreda Say Mitchell reviews the film which is a personal project for Gere, aimed at drawing attention to the plight of the homeless.

John Osborne first offered Look Back in Anger to Derby Theatre, but it was rejected. They're making amends with a 60th anniversary production, and a new play, Jinny, written in response to it from a female perspective. Samira Ahmed talks to the director Sarah Brigham and Benedict Nightingale, who as a young critic, saw the original production.

Tanita Tikaram rose to fame in the 1980s with the album Ancient Heart. It sold 4m copies and produced four chart singles including Twist in My Sobriety. The singer discusses her new album Closer to the People which is influenced by Anita O'Day, Philip Glass and Thelonious Monk.

Was Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) Europe's first abstract artist, before even Kandinsky and Mondrian? A new exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London shows how this Swedish artist was reacting to the big debates of the late 19th and early 20th century. Charlotte Mullins reviews.

Presenter Samira Ahmed
Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Look Back in Anger 60th Anniversary

    Duration: 08:57

  • Time Out of Mind review

    Duration: 04:41

  • Tanita Tikaram

    Duration: 08:49

  • Hilma af Klint review

    Duration: 05:15

Look Back in Anger/Jinny

Look Back in Anger/Jinny

Look Back in Anger (by John Osborne)

At from 4 March to 26 MarchÌý

And

Jinny (by Jane Wainwright)
At Derby Theatre from Monday 7 March to Wednesday 23 March
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Picture credit: Look Back in Anger rehearsals in Derby James FairhurstÌý and Augustina Seymour

Hilma af Klint: Painting the Unseen

Hilma af Klint: Painting the Unseen

At the , London from 3 March to 15 May

Picture credit: Hilma af Klint: Painting the Unseen - installation view © Jerry Hardman-Jones

Time Out of Mind (15)

Time Out of Mind (15)

In cinemas from 4 March

Picture credits: courtesy of Altitude Film Entertainment

Closer To The People by Tanita Takiram

Closer To The People by Tanita Takiram

Released 11 March

Picture credit: Tanita Tikaram (c) earMUSIC credit Kurt Stallaert

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest Sarah Brigham
Interviewed Guest Benedict Nightingale
Interviewed Guest Tanita Tikaram
Interviewed Guest Charlotte Mullins
Producer Jerome Weatherald

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  • Thu 3 Mar 2016 19:15

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