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Rachel Parris, Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley, Andy Burnham

Rachel Parris went viral with The Mash Report, she talks about why her private life rather than politics influence her latest show. Also Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley.

The Mash Report鈥檚 Rachel Parris discusses why her private life rather than politics has inspired her new stand up show, All Change Please.

As the Greater Manchester Combined Authority announces increased funding for arts venues across its ten boroughs, we talk to Mayor of Greater Manchester and former Culture Secretary Andy Burnham about the effect Local Government funding cuts have had on councils鈥� cultural activities.

Actor and writer Mark Gatiss discusses his lifelong fascination with the artist Aubrey Beardsley, who died of tuberculosis in 1898 at the age of just 25. Gatiss has made a 主播大秀4 film about Beardsley, famous for his distinctive black and white drawings, which coincides with an extensive new exhibition at Tate Britain of the artist鈥檚 work.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Sarah Johnson

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Rachel Parris

Rachel Parris

Rachel Parris's is at Brighton on 24 March 2020, and then goes on to visit Milton Keynes, Manchester, Newport, Bath, Liverpool, Glasgow, Middlesborough, Norwich, Lincoln, Oxford, Canterbury, Southend, Southampton, Margate, Exeter, Reading, Bristol, Peterborough, Cardiff, Cambridge and Lichfield, ending in Leeds on 27 June 2020.

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Images credit: Karla Gowlett

Rachel Parris is appearing in , an improvised Jane Austen novel聽is at the Fortune theatre, London on Mondays until 27 July 2020.

Aubrey Beardsley

Aubrey Beardsley

The Aubrey Beardsley exhibition is at , London until聽 25 May 2020.

Image: Aubrey Beardsley (1872 - 1898)

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Lind block print on paper

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