Angels In America, The Ferryman, Harmonium, Laurent Binet, Eric Gill
Angels In America at London's National Theatre, Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman, Japanese film Harmonium, Laurent Binet's The Seventh Function of Language, Eric Gill in Ditchling.
A revival of Tony Kushner's epic play about the US AIDS epidemic Angels In America is being staged at London's National Theatre. It's nearly 8 hours long (in two parts); is it still pertinent and is it worth sitting through?
Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem was an enormous theatrical success and his latest The Ferryman has just opened at London's Royal Court Theatre. Set during The Troubles in Northern Ireland it deals with one family's unavoidable and unwilling involvement
The family at the heart of Japanese film Harmonium seem to have a functioning but unemotional stability. And then a stranger comes into their lives and slowly things change. For the better or for the worse?
Laurent Binet's new novel The Seventh Function of Language is about the death (or was it an assassination?!) of Roland Barthes - the death of the author of "The Death Of The Author"
Eric Gill was one of the finest sculptors of the 20th Century. And also a paedophile. A new exhibition in his home village of Ditchling, tries to see if it's possible to appreciate his art as entirely separate from his biography
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Damian Barr, Maria Delgado and Gillian Slovo. The producer is Oliver Jones.
Last on
Angels in America
is at The National Theatre in London, until 19 August 2017.Â
Image: Helen Maybanks
The Ferryman
is at The Royal Court Theatre in London, until 20 May 2017. Â
Image: Johan Persson
Harmonium
Laurent Binet
is available in hardback and ebook from 2 May.
Eric Gill: The Body
and Cathie Pilkington: Doll for Petra are on at the Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft until 3 September.
Image: Eric Gill, Bending Woman (1923, private collection)Â
Brighton Festival
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Tom Sutcliffe |
| Interviewed Guest | Damian Barr |
| Interviewed Guest | Maria Delgado |
| Interviewed Guest | Gillian Slovo |
| Producer | Oliver Jones |
Broadcast
- Sat 6 May 2017 19:15±«Óãtv Radio 4
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