Charity Wakefield and Honeysuckle Weeks
Charity Wakefield and Honeysuckle Weeks talk about their new play, These Shining Lives, plus Laurence Boswell chats to Claudia about being the new Ustinov Studio artistic director.
Charity Wakefield and Honeysuckle Weeks talk about starring in the premiere of Melanie Marnich's play These Shining Lives. The play is the inaugural production at the Park Theatre
Laurence Boswell chats to Claudia about his plans as the new Artistic Director for the Ustinov Studio in Bath
Neil Jordan and Gemma Arterton explain the attraction of vampires in their new film Byzantium
And a behind the scenes look at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre with Jane Asher and Robert Sean Leonard
Plus Robbie Collin has all the latest film news; Alex Heminsley is here with the latest selection of books to review; and Anna Bailey has the arts round up with the next seven days of arts news from around the country.
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Charity Wakefield and Honeysuckle Weeks
Gemma Arterton and Neil Jordan talk about Byzantium
Two mysterious women seek refuge in a run down听coastal resort. Clara meets Noel, who provides shelter in听his guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their听secret, born 200 years ago, they听survive on human blood. As听their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequences
叠测锄补苍迟颈耻尘听 is in cinemas now
Robbie Collin looks back at Cannes 2013 and at the latest releases
Byzantium
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan, Sam Riley, Johnny Lee Miller
Byzantium 听is out now
Populaire
Director: R茅gis Roinsard
Cast: Romain Duris, D茅borah Fran莽ois, B茅r茅nice Bejo
Populaire is in cinemas now
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The Comedian
Cast: Edward Hogg, Elisa Lasowski, Steven Robertson
The Comedian is in cinemas now.
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Flight (DVD)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Kelly Reilly, Don Cheadle, Melissa Leo
Flight is on DVD on Monday
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Laurence Boswell directs Fifty Words at the Ustinov Studio, Bath
Fifty Words,听written by Academy Award-nominee Michael Weller, opened off Broadway in 2008 and was nominated for several Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Play.
The New York Times said Fifty Words has 鈥�a gimlet eye, providing meticulously chosen, artfully integrated details that let us understand why its characters so love and loathe each other.鈥�
Fifty Words is the third of 3 plays that make up the in Bath鈥檚 Spring 鈥楢merican Season鈥�.
Behind the Scenes at the Open Air Theatre Regent's Park
Alex Heminsley
1. Jazz: New York in the Roaring Twenties by Robert Nippoldt & Hans Jurgen-Schaal
Designed, illustrated, and edited by Robert Nippoldt, this award-winning book pays homage to the Roaring Twenties with a blend of illustrations, facts, and听anecdotes presenting 24 leading lights of New York鈥檚 jazz scene in the 1920s,and a CD containing some of their best tunes.听听 Hans-J眉rgen Schaal's texts, give a vivid account of the club scene, the 鈥渂and battles鈥�,听and the legendary recording sessions.
Jazz: New York in the Roaring Twenties by Ropbert Nippoldt & Hans Jurgen-Schaal is published by Taschen, out tomorrow
2. Hook Line and Singer by Cerys Matthews
A sing-a-long book for all the family, for any occasion from Cerys Matthews, filled with her own memories and musical arrangements,song lyrics and the stories behind the songs.听
Hook Line and Singer by Cerys Matthews is published by Particular Books and out on 6 June.
3.听 Energy Flash by Simon Reynolds
Author of the acclaimed postpunk history Rip It Up and Start Again,听 Simon Reynolds's landmark rave history Energy Flash has been expanded and updated to cover twenty-first-century developments like dubstep and EDM's recent takeover of America. Packed with interviews with participants and charismatic innovators like Derrick May, Goldie and Aphex Twin, Energy Flash is an essential history of dance music.
Energy Flash by Simon Reynolds is published by Faber and Faber, out on 6 June.
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4. Women's Prize For Fiction
The Women鈥檚 Prize for Fiction used to be The Orange Prize for Fiction.
Launched in 1996, the Prize is awarded annually and celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women鈥檚 writing from throughout the world. The winner receives a cheque for 拢30,000 and a limited edition bronze known as a 鈥楤essie鈥�, created by the artist Grizel Niven.
The 2013 winner of the Women鈥檚 Prize For Fiction will be revealed next Wednesday, 5 June.
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The Arts Desk with Anna Bailey
THEATRE: Let The Right One In is opening at the Dundee Rep on the 6 June. It鈥檚 based on a Swedish novel and movie about a bullied boy and his relationship with a vampire and being performed by the National Theatre of Scotland with John Tiffany and Stephen Hoggett at the helm.
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ART:听 William Scott, 听one of Britain鈥檚 greatest mid-20th century painters's work听will feature at the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield until the 29 September.
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COMEDY:听 Jo Caulfield is at the Hay Literature Festival from tomorrow听 with her observational humour. Jo Brand doing stand up and parliamentary sketch writer Simon Hoggart talks about his new book The House of Fun.
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CLASSICAL MUSIC: The Aldeburgh Classical Music Festival starts on the 13 June with a programme that includes nine works commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society for Benjamin Britten鈥檚 centenary celebrations. Pieces come from Judith Weir and Magnus Lindberg.
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DANCE: choreographer Akram Khan presents his new full length dance iTMOi at Sadler鈥檚 Wells in London. It was inspired by Stravinsky鈥檚 The Rite of Spring and includes an original score by Nitin Sawhney.
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BOOKS: Salisbury International Arts Festival takes place this week with talks from authors including Lionel Shriver, Henry Hitchings and Thomas Keneally.听 Until the 8 June.
Broadcast
- Fri 31 May 2013 22:00主播大秀 Radio 2