The Survivalist, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Shakespeare in the Royal Library, The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary!
Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including the post-apocalyptic world of The Survivalist, and Strapless, a new production from The Royal Ballet with music by Mark-Anthony Turnage.
The Survivalist is a dark imagining of a post-apocalyptic world where society has collapsed and each must fend for himself. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh reviews this BAFTA nominated film staring Martin McCann.
Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and Kevin O'Hare, the Director of The Royal Ballet, discuss Strapless, a new ballet inspired by John Singer Sargent's scandalous Portrait of Madame X, choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon.
The Royal Librarian, Oliver Urquhart Irvine, reveals the exhibition, Shakespeare in the Royal Library, at Windsor Castle which traces the royal family's connection with Shakespeare and includes the second folio collected works that Charles I took with him to prison.
The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary! is a stage adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel at the Liverpool Everyman. Except that this version is a comedy. Vicky Armstrong reviews.
Waldemar Januszczak assesses the Louvre's restoration of Leonardo da Vinci's St John the Baptist, which one expert argues is putting this masterpiece at risk.
Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Angie Nehring.
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Film Review: The Survivalist
Duration: 03:17
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Strapless - ballet
Duration: 08:16
Review - The Survivalist
Duration: 03:56
Shakespeare in the Royal Library
Duration: 07:15
Review - The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary!
Duration: 04:18
Cleaning Up a Da Vinci
Duration: 04:46
Strapless
At the , London until 11 MarchShakespeare in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle
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From 13 February 2016 to聽1 January 2017 at
Image credit: John Norden, The Description of the Honor of Windesor, 1607, Royal Collection Trust / 漏 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2016
The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary!
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At the theatre until 27 February
Image credit:Javier Marzan & Emma Fielding in Madame Bovary (c) Jonathan Keenan
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In key cities across the UK from 12 FebruaryCleaning Up a Da Vinci
For more information about Renaissance art watch on 主播大秀 Four from Monday 15 FebruaryCredits
Role Contributor Presenter Kirsty Lang Interviewed Guest Larushka Ivan-Zadeh Interviewed Guest Mark-Anthony Turnage Interviewed Guest Kevin O'Hare Interviewed Guest Oliver Urquhart Irvine Interviewed Guest Vicky Armstrong Interviewed Guest Waldemar Januszczak Producer Angie Nehring Broadcast
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