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Woolf Works, T C Boyle, Turner Prize shortlist, Andrew Motion, The Tribe

The Virginia Woolf ballet Woolf Works, TC Boyle's novel The Harder They Come, 2015's Turner Prize shortlist, new film The Tribe, and Andrew Motion on Hiroshima. With Samira Ahmed.

Virginia Woolf is the subject of a new dance piece Woolf Works, directed by Wayne McGregor for the Royal Ballet, in which each of the three acts is inspired by a different novel - Mrs Dalloway, Orlando and The Waves. Sarah Crompton reviews.

T C Boyle discusses his new novel The Harder They Come. Set in the redwood forests of California, and inspired by true events, the book examines the complexity of Americans' relationship to violence and guns.

Some critics suggested that last year's Turner Prize shortlist lacked the calibre of previous years. Will this year's choice meet with greater approval? Louisa Buck joins Samira to discuss the 2015 shortlist of four artists which was announced today.

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh reviews a new feature film The Tribe, set in a specialist boarding school for the deaf in Ukraine where violence is a constant threat, which features deaf actors who communicate by signing with no spoken dialogue.

Inspired by an object on display at Imperial War Museum North, Sir Andrew Motion (former Poet Laureate) has created a new poem in response to the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of the Second World War.

Presenter Samira Ahmed
Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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Chapters

  • Woolf Works

    Duration: 04:56

  • T C Boyle

    Duration: 08:24

  • Turner Prize shortlist

    Duration: 03:55

  • Andrew Motion

    Duration: 05:01

  • The Tribe

    Duration: 05:33

Woolf Works

Woolf Works

is at the Royal Opera House in London until 26 May 2015.

Images: Main: Camille Bracher, Marcelino Sambé, Sander Blommaert. ©ROH, 2015. Photographed by Tristram Kenton.ÌýLeft: Edward Watson, Akane Takada, Tristan Dyer. ©ROH, 2015. Photographed by Tristram Kenton

T C Boyle

T C Boyle

The Harder They Come by is available in hardback and ebook now.

Image: © Jamieson Fry.


Turner Prize 2015

Turner Prize 2015

will be showing at Tramway in Glasgow from 1 October 2015 to 17 January 2016.

The winner of the prize will be announced onÌý7 December 2015. Ìý


Andrew Motion

Andrew Motion

Andrew Motion will performing his new poem at an in Salford on Thursday 14 May 2015 at 7pm.

The poem will then become part of a sound installation within the museum.

Image: A roof tile from Hiroshima, which inspired the poem.

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The Tribe

The Tribe

The Tribe is in cinemas from Friday 15 May, certificate 18.Ìý

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Presenter Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest TC Boyle
Interviewed Guest Louisa Buck
Interviewed Guest Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest Jerome Weatherald

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