Ricky Tomlinson; The Driver; Francesca Rhydderch; Anselm Kiefer
Ricky Tomlinson and playwright Neil Gore talk to John Wilson about United We Stand, Â鶹Éç1's The Driver is reviewed, and writer Francesca Rhydderch on her short story award entry.
Ricky Tomlinson and playwright Neil Gore talk to John Wilson about United We Stand, a new play which looks at the controversial criminal prosecution that followed the 1972 national building workers' strike; Dreda Say Mitchell reviews The Driver, Â鶹Éç1's new drama starring David Morrissey whose life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself moonlighting for a criminal gang. Also on the programme, Francesca Rhydderch, who's been shortlisted for the Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award, reveals the research she undertook for her entry, The Taxidermist's Daughter; and this week the German artist Anselm Kiefer, whose 40-year career wrestles with the darkness of Germany's history, has his first major UK retrospective. The exhibition's curator Kathleen Soriano discusses the themes and the monumental scale of Kiefer's work on show at the Royal Academy.
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Images from his exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London
Chapters
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United We Stand
Ricky Tomlinson and playwright Neil Gore talk about United We Stand.
Duration: 08:25
The Driver
Dreda Say Mitchell reviews Â鶹Éç One new drama The Driver
Duration: 04:05
Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award: Francesca Rhydderch
Shortlisted author Rose Tremain discusses her short story, The Taxidermist's Daughter
Duration: 11:53
Anselm Kiefer
Curator Kathleen Soriano discusses Kiefer's work on show at the Royal Academy.
Duration: 05:28
Gender equality in theatre
Sheffield Theatres’ pledge to create equal numbers of parts for male and female actors.
Duration: 03:22
United We Stand
opens at the Lantern Theatre in Liverpool on Wednesday 24 September, and tours the UK until Saturday 29 November 2014. The production will begin touring again in January.Â
Image above and right: © Morning Star Photographic Archive, Bishopsgate Institute.
The Driver
begins tonight on Â鶹Éç One at 9pm.
National Short Story Award: Francesca Rhydderch
Shortlisted author Francesca Rhydderch discusses her short story, The Taxidermist's Daughter.
The winner of the in partnership with Booktrust will be announced on live on Front Row on Tuesday 30 September 2014.
Anselm Kiefer
is showing at the Royal Academy in London from Saturday 27 September until Sunday 14 December 2014.
Image: Kathleen Soriano and John Wilson at the Anselm Kiefer exhibition in from of Morgenthau Plan, 2013 © Anselm Kiefer. Photograph by Jerome Weatherald
Credits
Role Contributor Presenter John Wilson Interviewed Guest Ricky Tomlinson Interviewed Guest Neil Gore Interviewed Guest Dreda Say Mitchell Interviewed Guest Francesca Rhydderch Interviewed Guest Kathleen Soriano Producer Rebecca Armstrong Broadcast
- Tue 23 Sep 2014 19:15Â鶹Éç Radio 4
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