Front Row Episodes Episode guide
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Front Row at The Royal Court Theatre
The value of new writing for theatre: Front Row marks 60 years of the Royal Court.
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From Hay: Charlotte Church, Tracy Chevalier and Lionel Shriver, YA Fiction, Welsh-Appalachian Music Mashup
Charlotte Church discusses her 'musical fairy tale' which tackles contemporary issues.
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Wilko Johnson, Romeo and Juliet review, Walter de Maria
With guitarist and songwriter Wilko Johnson talking about surviving terminal cancer.
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Neil Gaiman, Liz Lochhead, Roy Williams
Neil Gaiman on his Likely Stories, poet Liz Lochhead, and playwright Roy Williams.
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Sue Johnston, Burt Kwouk remembered, Yayoi Kusama, Simon Stone, Philip Venables
The Royle Family's Sue Johnston on Rovers, and Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama reviewed.
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Russell T Davies, Love and Friendship review, Rufus Norris, Thelma and Louise 25 years on
Russell T Davies, Love and Friendship, Rufus Norris, and Thelma and Louise 25 years on.
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Jack O'Connell, Cannes Film Festival, Seeing Round Corners, Spymonkey
British actor Jack O'Connell discusses his latest film, financial thriller Money Monster.
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A Hologram For The King, Running Wild, Brigitte Fassbaender, Going Forward
A review of Tom Hanks as a stressed executive in Saudi Arabia in A Hologram For The King.
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Ian McMillan, Black Chronicles, Janet Suzman, TV drama endings
John Wilson talks to poet Ian McMillan. And TV drama endings - too many loose ends?
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Sunken Cities, Han Kang, Sing Street, Christian Blackshaw
Sunken Cities, Han Kang's The Vegetarian, Sing Street's John Carney, Christian Blackshaw.
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Yinka Shonibare, BBC Young Musician, X-Men: Apocalypse director, Dylan Thomas Prize winner
BBC Young Musician of the Year winner discusses Shostakovich and Britain's Got Talent.
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Francis Bacon, Ayad Akhtar, Cannes Film Festival, Mum
Francis Bacon retrospective in Liverpool, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar.
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Mark Billingham, Turner Prize, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot review, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla
Samira Ahmed with novelist Mark Billingham, Turner Prize shortlist, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla.
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Laurie Anderson, AL Kennedy, Mustang
Laurie Anderson on the Brighton Festival, and AL Kennedy on our search for kindness.
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Damian Lewis in Billions, Hugh Bonneville, Olivia Chaney, Bryan and Mary M Talbot
A review of TV drama Billions, starring Damian Lewis, and Hugh Bonneville on Malvolio.
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Lionel Shriver, Radiohead, Richard Linklater, Tate Britain exhibition
Lionel Shriver's latest novel; Richard Linklater's new film; Radiohead's album reviewed.
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Tom Hiddleston, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Andrey Kurkov
Tom Hiddleston talks to Kirsty Lang about his new role as Hank Williams.
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Ewan McGregor, Upstart Crow, Katie Paterson, Frankenstein ballet
Kirsty Lang talks to Ewan McGregor, and Ben Elton writes a TV a comedy about Shakespeare.
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Howard Brenton, Knight of Cups, Olafur Eliasson, Dorothy Bohm
Howard Brenton, Terrence Malick's Knight of Cups, Olafur Eliasson, Dorothy Bohm.
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Mona Hatoum, The Windsors, Alexander Masters, Charles Dance
Alexander Masters on his book A Life Discarded, plus artist Mona Hatoum.
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Capability Brown
Capability Brown, born 300 years ago this year, changed the landscape of Georgian England.
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Ricky Gervais, The Secret, Mark Elder, The return of the repertory company
Ricky Gervais discusses his latest projects including his film Special Correspondents.
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Mark Gatiss on Doctor Who, Brideshead Revisited, Pleasure, Demolition
Mark Gatiss on the novelisations of Doctor Who, and Bryony Lavery on Brideshead Revisited.
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Hugh Bonneville on Ibsen, Captain America directors, Juliet Stevenson
Samira Ahmed talks to Hugh Bonneville about Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People.
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Alain de Botton, Son of Saul, Josie Rourke and Nick Payne, Jazz biopics
Alain de Botton, Son of Saul, Josie Rourke and Nick Payne, jazz biopics.
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Hugh Grant, Wellcome Prize winner, Lisa Jen, Pablo Bronstein
Kirsty Lang talks to Hugh Grant about his new film Florence Foster Jenkins.
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400 years of Shakespeare with Rufus Wainwright, Kim Cattrall, Dominic Cooke and William Leahy
Shakespeare died 400 years ago this week. John Wilson marks this anniversary.
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Remembering Prince, Opera North's Ring Cycle, novelist Georgina Harding
Mica Paris, biographer Matt Thorne and journalist Kevin Le Gendre on the legacy of Prince.
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Victoria Wood remembered, Curtis Sittenfeld, Maya Sondhi, Lucian Msamati
Producer Geoff Posner remembers Victoria Wood. Plus Lucian Msamati on Iago.
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Sharpe on Flowers, Don Warrington on Lear, Yvvette Edwards
Samira Ahmed talks to Will Sharpe about his TV show Flowers. Plus Don Warrington on Lear.