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David Hare, Meryl Streep's new film Ricki and the Flash, Max Richter

Playwright David Hare on his memoir The Blue Touch Paper, Meryl Streep's new film Ricki and the Flash reviewed, artist Max Richter's Sleep project.

Playwright, screenwriter and director Sir David Hare, whose plays include Plenty, Pravda, and his trilogy of Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges and The Absence of War, discusses his career in theatre, film and TV, as he publishes his new memoir The Blue Touch Paper.

Composer Max Richter's latest work, Sleep, which he describes as a personal lullaby for a frenetic world, is an exploration of how music enters the brain even when we're not awake. Richter discusses the new eight-hour piece, how the audience for the premiere will be experiencing it from a bed, and how he'll expect them to nod off during it.

New comedy-drama Ricki and the Flash sees Meryl Streep playing a rock musician who abandoned her family to pursue stardom as she returns home to counsel her divorcing daughter. Larushka Ivan-Zedah reviews.

Presenter John Wilson
Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • David Hare

    Duration: 12:19

  • Ricki and the Flash

    Duration: 05:13

  • Max Richter

    Duration: 10:17

David Hare

David Hare

The Blue Touch Paper by David Hare is available in hardback and ebook now.聽


Main image: Photo聽credit: Brigitte Lacombe

Ricki And The Flash

Ricki And The Flash

Ricki And The Flash is in cinemas from Friday 4 September, certificate 12A.聽

Max Richter

Max Richter

Sleep by is released on Friday 4 September .

Image: 漏 Rhys Frampton - Deutsche Grammophon

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter John Wilson
Interviewed Guest David Hare
Interviewed Guest Max Richter
Interviewed Guest Larushka Ivan-Zedah
Producer Jerome Weatherald

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  • Wed 2 Sep 2015 19:15

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