Double Acts
What links the Krankies and two European performance artists who once tied themselves together by the hair? Helen Lewis finds out.
What links the Krankies and two European performance artists who once tied themselves together by the hair? Both reveal the power - and passion - of creative couples.
For a time, Marina Abramoviç and Ulay were inseparable. These two performance artists breathed the same oxygen, got naked together and called each other “Glue.” But what should have been their greatest joint achievement - walking from opposite ends of the Great Wall of China to meet in the middle - ended up tearing them apart.
For two decades, Great Lives on Radio 4 has explored what it takes to change the world. But Helen Lewis wants to ask a different question: what does it take to live with someone who changes the world? In the second season of Great Wives, we’ll meet more fascinating women - and men - and uncover the relationships that created great art, started wars and changed history.
Written and performed by Helen Lewis with additional voices from Kudzanayi Chiwawa & Joshua Higgott
Producer: Gwyn Rhys Davies
Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls
Sound Design: Neil Goody
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