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Stockard Channing, Matisse in the Studio, Thomas Ades, representations of war

Actor Stockard Channing on her new stage role, the objects that inspired Matisse, composer Thomas Ades on his Queer Icon and two 360 degree representations of war are reviewed.

Best known for her performances in the 1978 film Grease and in the 1990s TV series The West Wing, the Emmy and Tony-winning actor Stockard Channing talks about her new role in Alexi Kate Campbell's Apologia at the Trafalgar Studios in London. Channing plays a famous art historian who has written a memoir which does not mention her two sons. The action takes place at a birthday party to which the sons - and their girlfriends - are invited.

An installation in an old Roman fort near Hexham recreates the sound of 500 cavalry horses, and the Royal British Legion are commemorating the centenary of the Battle Of Passchendaele with immersive online videos. The poet and historian Katrina Porteous reviews both 360-degree representations of war.

Matisse in the Studio is a new exhibition at the Royal Academy which focuses on the artist's personal collection of treasured objects, and how they were both subject matter and inspiration for his paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and cut-outs. Ann Dumas, the exhibition's curator, explains the relevance and importance of the 35 objects that are on display alongside 65 of Matisse's works.

For Front Row's Queer Icons series, composer Thomas Ad猫s explores the character of Countess Geschwitz in Alban Berg's opera Lulu, the first explicitly gay character in opera.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Rachel Simpson.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Stockard Channing

    Duration: 08:49

  • Representations of war

    Duration: 06:23

  • Matisse in the studio

    Duration: 06:26

  • Thomas Ades鈥檚 Queer Icon

    Duration: 05:04

  • Robert Hardy

    Duration: 00:56

Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing

Apologia is at the , London from Friday 4 August 2017 to Saturday 18 November 2017.聽聽

Main image above: Stockard Channing, credit: Marc Brenner.

Image to the left: Stockard Channing and Samira Ahmed.

Passchendaele

Passchendaele

To watch the Passchendaele 360 videos click .

Hadrian鈥檚 Cavalry

Hadrian鈥檚 Cavalry
The is on until 3 October 2017.

Matisse in the Studio

Matisse in the Studio
is at the Royal Academy of Arts until 12 November 2017

Thomas Ades鈥檚 Queer Icon

Thomas Ades鈥檚 Queer Icon

Composer Thomas Ades chooses Countess Geschwitz from the opera by Alban Berg.

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Credits

Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest Stockard Channing
Interviewed Guest Katrina Porteous
Interviewed Guest Ann Dumas
Interviewed Guest Thomas Ades
Presenter Samira Ahmed
Producer Rachel Simpson

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  • Thu 3 Aug 2017 19:15

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