681 Ewan McGregor, Upstart Crow, Katie Paterson, Frankenstein ballet2016-05-05 18:45:00
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682 Howard Brenton, Knight of Cups, Olafur Eliasson, Dorothy Bohm2016-05-04 18:53:00
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683 Mona Hatoum, The Windsors, Alexander Masters, Charles Dance2016-05-03 19:07:00
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684 Capability Brown2016-05-02 18:15:00
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685 Ricky Gervais, The Secret, Mark Elder, The return of the repertory company2016-04-29 17:14:00
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686 Mark Gatiss on Doctor Who, Brideshead Revisited, Pleasure, Demolition2016-04-28 19:10:00
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687 Hugh Bonneville on Ibsen, Captain America directors, Juliet Stevenson2016-04-27 18:57:00
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688 Alain de Botton, Son of Saul, Josie Rourke and Nick Payne, Jazz biopics2016-04-26 18:59:00
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689 Hugh Grant, Wellcome Prize winner, Lisa Jen, Pablo Bronstein2016-04-25 18:53:00
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690 400 years of Shakespeare with Rufus Wainwright, Kim Cattrall, Dominic Cooke and William Leahy2016-04-22 19:01:00
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691 Remembering Prince, Opera North's Ring Cycle, novelist Georgina Harding2016-04-21 19:16:00
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Remembering Prince, Opera North's Ring Cycle, novelist Georgina Harding

Singer Mica Paris remembers Prince who was her friend and mentor, and biographer Matt Thorne and journalist Kevin Le Gendre assess his legacy. As Opera North's Music Director Richard Farnes and General Director Richard Mantle prepare to present six complete productions of the company's much praised "austerity" Ring Cycle, they discuss the art of creating great opera on a budget. The Ring Cycle opens at Leeds Town Hall on 23 April and goes on to tour the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham, The Lowry in Salford, the Royal Festival Hall in London, and Sage Gateshead. Georgina Harding's latest novel, The Gunroom, opens with a description of the image of Don McCullin's Shell Shocked Soldier. It then becomes a work of fiction which explores the impact of taking that photo on the photographer as he endeavours to escape the horror of what he has seen. Georgina Harding discusses what inspired her to write this story. The Gun Room is out now.…read more

692 Victoria Wood remembered, Curtis Sittenfeld, Maya Sondhi, Lucian Msamati2016-04-20 18:53:00
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693 Sharpe on Flowers, Don Warrington on Lear, Yvvette Edwards2016-04-19 18:45:00
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694 Malorie Blackman, Bastille Day, Sam Gold, Simon Russell Beale2016-04-18 19:13:00
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695 Kevin Costner in Criminal, Kenneth Branagh, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, Laika the spacedog2016-04-15 19:01:00
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696 Peter Greenaway, George Shaw, Zoe Wanamaker, Chloe Esposito2016-04-14 19:10:00
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697 PJ Harvey's new album, Arnold Wesker, 2016 Proms, Wellcome exhibition2016-04-13 18:53:00
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698 The Jungle Book, Lindsey Davis, Wellington Arch Sculpture, Romola Garai, Goosebumps Alive2016-04-12 18:56:00
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699 Adrian Lester on Othello, Baileys Shortlist, Conceptual Art, Nicolas Kent2016-04-11 18:58:00
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700 Helen Mirren, Cyprus Avenue and X, Barrie Rutter, Jem Lester2016-04-08 18:55:00
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