Angels in America, Mindhorn, Storytelling in Greek myths
Mindhorn film, Tony Kushner on Angels in America, Natalie Haynes and Madeline Miller discuss the enduring appeal of Greek myths.
Mindhorn is the new film about a faded TV star who reprises his role as an Isle of Man sleuth who has a robotic eye, and can see the truth. Julian Barratt (Mighy Boosh) and Simon Farnaby (Horrible Histories) co-wrote and co-star and talk to Kirsty about poking fun at actorly behaviour, and how the film parodies Bergerac and the Sixty Million Dollar Man.
Tony Kushner on his epic play Angels in America, which he wrote and set during the Aids crisis in America in the 1980s, and which is being revived in a new production at the National Theatre, starring Andrew Garfield, Russell Tovey, Denise Gough and Nathan Lane.
Madeline Miller, the Orange Prize winning author of The Song of Achilles, and the writer and broadcaster Natalie Haynes, whose new book The Children of Jocasta retells with the story of Antigone, discuss turning the tales of the Greek myths into novels and why the ancient legends still have a contemporary and universal appeal.
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Dymphna Flynn.
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Mindhorn
Duration: 09:10
Angels in America
Duration: 10:24
Storytelling in Greek myths
Duration: 07:51
Angels in America
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by Tony Kushner is at the National Theatre London until 19 August 2017.
broadcasts Angels in AmericaÌýlive to UK cinemas on these dates:
Part 1: Millennium Approaches on 20 July 2017;Ìý
Part 2: Perestroika on 27 July 2017;
Encores of both parts in selected cinemas on 04 August 2017.
Images:
Main image above: Andrew Garfield as Prior in Angels in America
Image to the Left: Writer Tony Kushner and Director Marianne Elliott
Images credit: Helen Maybanks
Mindhorn
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is in UK cinemas from 05 May 2017, certificate 15.
Image: Julian Barratt as Mindhorn
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Storytelling in Greek Myths
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Natalie Haynes' book, The children of Jocasta, is out on 04 May 2017
Image: (Left) and (Right)
Madeline Miller image credit: Nina Subin
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Credits
Role Contributor Presenter Kirsty Lang Interviewed Guest Tony Kushner Interviewed Guest Julian Barratt Interviewed Guest Simon Farnaby Interviewed Guest Madeline Miller Interviewed Guest Natalie Haynes Producer Dymphna Flynn Broadcast
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