David Edgar, Women's non-fiction writing, Art in the aftermath of World War One
Arts news, interviews and reviews. Playwright David Edgar at 70, Art in the wake of World War One, Viv Albertine and women's non-fiction writing, plus the British Soap Awards.
Playwright David Edgar is 70 this year. He was 20 in 1968 coming of age, in Bob Dylan's words, when 'there was music in the cafes at night and revolution in the air'. In a revolutionary move for him David Edgar is taking to the stage himself in the latest of his many theatre pieces. In his one man show, Trying it On, Edgar reflects on the political eruptions of his lifetime and his engagement with them. Why did some revolutionaries embrace Thatcherism? What has his generation achieved?
Viv Albertine, author of two bestselling autobiographies, and former member of The Slits, joins literary historian Rebecca Stott, whose ground breaking memoir The Days of Rain won the Costa Biography prize this year, to discuss women's non fiction writing.
Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One at Tate Britain marks 100 years since the end of the war, and reflects on how artists responded to the physical and psychological effects of the fighting. Co-curators Emma Chambers and Rachel Smyth consider how art changed from the middle of the war in 1916 to the 1920s and early '30s.
TV Critic Emma Bullimore on the British Soap Awards which took place on Saturday. Is there a greater appetite for dark themes?
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David Edgar
Duration: 09:03
Women's non-fiction writing
Duration: 08:00
Art in the aftermath of World War One
Duration: 07:32
TV Soap Awards/Love Island
Duration: 03:14
David Edgar
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Trying It On, David Edgar's solo show is at the from 07 - 09 June 2018, then tours to from 12 - 13 June 2018; , 12 October 2018; , Stratford-upon-Avon, 18 - 20 October 2018; The , London 24 - 27 October 2018.
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Main image above and image to the left: David Edgar
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Women's non-fiction writing
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Costa Award wining book, In the Days of Rain is out now.
Hear her being interviewed on Front Row
latest book, is also out now.聽
Hear Viv Albertine's Front Row interview
Image: Viv Albertine (Left) and Rebecca Stott.
Art in the aftermath of World War One
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Aftermath : Art in the Wake of World War One is at , London from 05 June - 23 September 2018.
Image: Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889 - 1946)
Paths of Glory
1917
Oil paint on canvas
Image credit: IWM (Art. IWM ART 518)
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Role Contributor Interviewed Guest David Edgar Interviewed Guest Viv Albertine Interviewed Guest Rebecca Stott Interviewed Guest Emma Chambers Interviewed Guest Rachel Smyth Interviewed Guest Emma Bullimore Broadcast
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