Best Jessica Doll Podcasts (2024)

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London Tide with music by PJ Harvey, Salman Rushdie's story of survival: Knife and tenor Ian Bostridge 42:29

2h ago42:29

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Knife is Salman Rushdie’s memoir about surviving a near-fatal knife attack in August 2022 and the long, painful period of recovery that followed. Ben Power’s adaption of the Dickens novel Our Mutual Friend – London Tide – which features songs that he co-wrote with PJ Harvey, has just opened at the National Theatre in London. Baby Reindeer is a new …

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Episode 89: Remember us!? We're (STILL) Podcasters Bitches! 1:19:56

23h ago1:19:56

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Hiiiiiii guys....were back! Did you miss us? We know we took a little time (a year) off completely unannounced. BUT WE'RE BACK BITCHES!! We wanted to give you some life updates, and get an idea of how things will be moving forward. love you & mean it! Emily, Tori + Lindsey We love our Weirdlings!! Thank you for supporting us ya bunch of freaks. -Em…

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Lionel Shriver's new book Mania, Tyrell Williams on Red Pitch 42:21

1d ago42:21

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Lionel Shriver on her latest novel Mania, in which she creates an alternative USA where the Mental Parity Movement insists that everyone is equally clever. Can a friendship between two women survive when they hold polarised views on this particular “culture war”? Why are universities all over the country closing arts courses and cutting jobs? Front…

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Sir John Akomfrah, bicentenary of Byron's death and sped-up music 41:10

2d ago41:10

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Lord Byron died 200 years ago on Friday. Lady Caroline Lamb described him as 'mad, bad and dangerous to know'. Fiona Stafford has edited Byron's Travels, a new selection of his poems, letters and journals. He was only 36 when he died, but had written seven volumes of verse, thirteen volumes of journal and thousands of letters. The poet A. E. Stalli…

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S10 Ep9 (ft. Ben Culleton): Olivier Awards, Kinky Boots starring Johannes Radebe, Lauren Samuels is Elphaba, Your Lie In April, Bare + more! 50:55

3d ago50:55

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Ben Culleton (Les Misérables / La Cage aux Folles) co-hosts The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Ben discuss the 2024 Olivier Awards (Royal Albert Hall), Your Lie In April (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and Bare In Concert (London Palladium) as well as the latest news about Kinky Boots starring Johannes Radebe, Lauren Samuels joining Wicked's US tour, H…

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The Book of Clarence, Liberation Squares, Northern Ireland's filming boom 42:33

3d ago42:33

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British director Jeymes Samuel discusses his new film The Book of Clarence, a Biblical comedy about a down-on-his-luck young man who tries to escape from a debt by pretending to be a messiah like Christ. Sonali Bhattacharyya on her new play Liberation Square, which just opened at the Nottingham Playhouse and explores the lives of three young Muslim…

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Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black and Percival Everett's James reviewed 42:24

7d ago42:24

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Back to Black is the Amy Winehouse biopic out this week and directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. James is Percival Everett’s retelling of Mark Twain’s 1884 novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, narrated by the enslaved Jim.The Wallace collection spotlights Ranjit Singh, the Maharaja of the Sikh Empire and the treasure trove of weapons that kept him in p…

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Folk musician Martin Simpson, movie icon Anna May Wong, and classical music leaders criticise Arts Council England 42:21

8d ago42:21

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Anna May Wong was an international star who appeared in some of Hollywood’s biggest movies in a career that spanned from the silent films of the 1920s, through the advent of talkies in the 30s, to television in the 1950s, despite all the obstacles in her path. A new biography, Not Your China Doll, examines how against all the odds Anna May Wong fou…

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Nathan Hill, Maggie Rogers, International Booker shortlist 42:18

9d ago42:18

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Nathan Hill talks about his new novel Wellness, the follow-up to his acclaimed debut The Nix. Maggie Rogers, the singer-songwriter whose career was launched by a student performance for Pharrell Williams that went viral, talks about her latest album Don't Forget Me. Romesh Gunasekera discusses the novels on the International Booker Prize Shortlist,…

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S10 Ep8 (ft. Jye Frasca): Romeo & Juliet, Red Pitch, Coming Clean, Jessica Vosk, Oklahoma! starring Phil Dunster & Zizi Strallen + more! 57:23

10d ago57:23

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Jye Frasca (Syncopation / Wicked) co-hosts The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Jye discuss Red Pitch (@SohoPlace), Coming Clean (Turbine Theatre) and Cruel Intentions (The Other Palace) as well as the latest news about Oklahoma!, Jessica Vosk, I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical, Jerry's Girls and more. There's also discussion about the online racia…

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Yinka Shonibare, Sean Shibe, cinema and digital decay 42:55

10d ago42:55

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Artist Yinka Shonibare talks about his new exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, which explores the legacy of Imperialism. Guitarist Sean Shibe performs early Scottish lute music and previews a new classical guitar concerto live in the Front Row studio. And film experts Stephen McConnachie and Inés Toharia explain how fast changing technology and d…

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Beyonce’s new album Cowboy Carter, Netflix drama Ripley, Io Capitano movie reviewed 42:29

14d ago42:29

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Beyonce’s new album Cowboy Carter - Netflix drama Ripley starring Andrew Scott - Io Capitano, the Oscar-nominated movie about teens in Senegal in search of a better life - all reviewed by film critic Leila Latif and music writer Jasper Murison-Bowie. And novelist and critic John Domini remembers the American novelist (and his former teacher) John B…

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50 years of ABBA’s Waterloo, Harewood House exhibition, Trevor Griffiths remembered, the rise of eco fiction and drama 42:24

15d ago42:24

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Almost 50 years to the day when ABBA's Waterloo triumphed at Eurovision, ABBA specialist Carl Magnus Palm and Millie Taylor, professor of musical theatre, discuss how the song became such an all-conquering hit. A visit to Harewood House to see a new exhibition, Colours Uncovered, which tells the story of this stately home through the prism of colou…

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Dev Patel on Monkey Man, which books are on the curriculum? 42:37

16d ago42:37

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Actor Dev Patel joins to talk about his directorial debut Monkey Man, a movie inspired by the Indian legend of Hunaman that tells the dark and brutal story of a young man in Mumbai out to avenge the life of his mother. As exam season approaches we ask which books are currently being taught in our schools, and why? We speak to Kit de Waal, whose bre…

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S10 Ep7: MJ The Musical, Opening Night, Mean Girls casting, Priscilla The Party, Breeding, Wild About You, & Juliet tour + more! 39:34

17d ago39:34

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This week Andrew flies solo for a packed episode of The West End Frame Show. Andrew discusses MJ The Musical (Prince Edward Theatre), Opening Night (Gielgud Theatre), Breeding (King's Head Theatre), Priscilla The Party (Here At Outernet), Wild About You In Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and Tosh Wanogho-Maud: Songs + Stories (Piano Smithfield) …

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The National Gallery at 200 42:48

17d ago42:48

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The National Gallery opened its doors on 10th May 1824. The public could view 38 paintings, free. Now there are more than 2,300, including many masterpieces of European art by geniuses such as Rembrandt, Turner and Van Gogh. It is still free. The gallery's director, Gabriele Finaldi, guides Samira Ahmed through the collection. Artists Barbara Walke…

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Steven Knight drama This Town reviewed, The Perth Museum re-opening 42:23

21d ago42:23

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Peaky Blinders' writer Steven Knight's new drama, This Town, is out this week. Author Daniel Rachel and art historian Sarah Gaventa review. We'll also review a landmark exhibition on the Italian designer Enzo Mari which opens at the Design museum, showcasing his infinite calendar, self assembly book cases and beautiful children’s books. We take a l…

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Big Mood, how does comedy work? Bach St John Passion 42:19

22d ago42:19

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Camilla Whitehill on her new Channel 4 sitcom Big Mood, starring Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West, which explores the lives of Millennials. Gareth Malone and Hannah French celebrate Bach's St John Passion, which was first performed in Leipzig 300 years ago this Easter. Joel Morris, author of Be Funny or Die, discusses how comedy works and what makes …

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Norah Jones performs, Sir Ian McKellen on Player Kings, Keisha Thompson 42:36

23d ago42:36

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Norah Jones discusses her new album, Visions, and reflects on the song, Come Away With Me, that made her name along with a special performance in the Front Row studio; Sir Ian McKellen and theatre director Robert Icke on tackling one of Shakespeare's greatest characters, Falstaff, in their new production Player Kings; and Keisha Thompson on how her…

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S10 Ep6 (ft. Rachel Rawlinson): Wicked Live Vocals, For Black Boys, Babies, Pretty Woman starring Amber Davies, Syncopation + more! 51:59

24d ago51:59

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Rachel Rawlinson (Six / Heathers) co-hosts The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Rachel discuss For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy (Garrick Theatre), Pretty Woman (Milton Keynes Theatre, UK & Ireland Tour) and Syncopation (Bridewell Theatre) as well as the latest news about the Wicked Movie, Babies, Chitty Chitty B…

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Poet Nikki Giovanni, Andrew Buchan on TV drama Passenger 42:30

24d ago42:30

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Nikki Giovanni is one of only a handful of poets whose work has been published as a Penguin Modern Classic in their own life time. A key figure of America's Black Arts Movement as both a writer an activist, she speaks to Tom about her life and career. A well-known actor, Andrew Buchan has now turned to writing with Passenger, the new ITV crimes dra…

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Kristen Wiig drama Palm Royale and animation Robot Dreams reviewed, Michael Ondaatje on his new poetry collection 42:27

28d ago42:27

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The Independent’s chief film critic Clarisse Loughrey and the Telegraph’s film critic Tim Robey review the Oscar-nominated animation Robot Dreams which follows the friendship of a dog and a robot - can their bond survive Robot being locked up on Coney Island beach, after his joints rust over following a paddle in the sea? They also give their verdi…

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Kazuo Ishiguro on jazz, March hares and film ratings 42:27

29d ago42:27

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Writer Kazuo Ishiguro and jazz musician Stacey Kent talk about collaborating on their new book of lyrics, The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain. What’s the significance of the hare in art and mythology? To mark the season of the March hare, writer Jane Russ, sculptor Sophie Ryder and musician Fay Hield explain. And following the British Board of…

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Marjane Satrapi, using AI for alternative history, and the Harlow Sculpture Trail 42:18

1M ago42:18

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Marjane Satrapi is best known for being the cartoonist and film maker behind Persepolis. She talks to Samira Ahmed about her new book - Woman, Life, Freedom - which she has created with 17 Iranian and international comic book artists. It documents the story of the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a woman detained for allegedly not prope…

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Badbye (For Now) 40:22

1M ago40:22

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The end comes for us all. Go to http://meundies.com/30mm for 20% off your first order, plus free shipping. This show is sponsored by BetterHelp - go to http://betterhelp.com/30MM to get 10% off your first month. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Click here for the audio version: https://link.cht…

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S10 Ep5 (ft. Jenny Fitzpatrick): Olivier Award nominations, Guys & Dolls, Pippin, The Wizard of Oz, Ghost The Musical + more! 48:50

1M ago48:50

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Jenny Fitzpatrick (Nancy in Oliver!) co-hosts The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Jenny discuss Guys & Dolls (Bridge Theatre) and The Wizard of Oz (New Wimbledon Theatre, UK & Ireland Tour) as well as the latest news about the Olivier Award nominations, Pippin In Concert, Dolly Parton's Here You Come Again, West End Does: Country plus lots more. Je…

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Architect Daniel Libeskind, composer Karl Jenkins 42:38

1M ago42:38

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Daniel Libeskind, the architect best known for the Jewish Museum in Berlin and the World Trade Centre masterplan in New York, talks about designing a building to house Einstein’s archive in Jerusalem. As Germany celebrates the 250th birthday of the painter Caspar David Friedrich with three major exhibitions, art historians Louisa Buck and Waldemar …

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Keir Starmer, Monster and Reading Genesis reviewed 42:20

1M ago42:20

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Labour leader Keir Starmer joins to discuss his party's new arts strategy, which he unveiled this morning, aiming to boost access to the arts and grow the creative industries. Writer and theologian Professor Tina Beattie and critic and broadcaster Matthew Sweet review Marilynne Robsinson’s new book Reading Genesis which offers a fresh look at the s…

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Paul Theroux on Orwell, Patsy Rodenburg on training actors, musician Sam Lee 42:23

1M ago42:23

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Paul Theroux discusses his new novel, Burma Sahib, about George Orwell’s formative years as a colonial police officer in what is now Myanmar. Voice expert Professor Patsy Rodenburg quit her job over fears that actors’ traditional “craft” skills are being lost, as screen acting overshadows theatre work. Sam Lee, Bernard Butler and James Keay perform…

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Philippa Gregory on Richard III, Blackpool's Showtown, has the superhero franchise bubble burst? 42:13

1M ago42:13

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Historical novelist Philippa Gregory talks to Nick Ahad about writing her first stage play, Richard, My Richard, for Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot. Unlike Shakespeare's, Gregory's play is a tender, passionate, portrait of man in his time, surrounded by the women who influence his fate. With Marvel, DC and Sony superhero films boring fans a…

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Why the Island of the Dolls is One of the Creepiest Places on Earth 33:41

1M ago33:41

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Legend has it that La Isla des las Muñecas, a dark tourism hot spot, is where a young girl was tragically found drowned to death. The dolls that decorate the island serve as both a tribute and a warning. Go to http://dietsmoke.com/shrooms and use code MORBID to get 50% off your first pack of Shroom gummies. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/…

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S10 Ep4 (ft. Benjamin Yates): Mary Poppins, Marisha Wallace on Celebrity Big Brother, The Drifters Girl, Bradley Jaden, & Juliet + more 51:57

1M ago51:57

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Benjamin Yates (Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz) returns to co-host The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Benjamin discuss The Drifters Girl (New Oxford Theatre, UK Tour) and An Officer and a Gentleman(Glasgow Kings Theatre, UK Tour) as well as the latest news about Marisha Wallace entering the Celebrity Big Brother House, Mary Poppins, & Juliet, MJ an…

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Beth Ditto of Gossip, Ethan Coen on Drive-Away Dolls, Michael Donkor 42:58

1M ago42:58

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Beth Ditto talks to Tom Sutcliffe about reuniting with her band Gossip for their first new album in nearly a decade. Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke discuss collaborating as a husband and wife team on their new film, Drive Away Dolls. Michael Donkor discusses his new novel Grow Where They Fall, about a young British Ghanian teacher exploring his sexual…

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Jordan Harvey in session, Nye and Copa 71 reviewed 42:22

1M ago42:22

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The up'n'coming Scottish country singer performs songs from his debut album It Is What It Is ahead of his debut solo performance at the Country To Country Festival in London this weekend. Plus, Susannah Clapp, the theatre critic for the Observer, and Boyd Hilton, the entertainment director of Heat Magazine, join to review the new play Nye at the Na…

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Ava DuVernay on Origin, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Julianne Moore 42:40

1M ago42:40

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Ava DuVernay talks to Tom Sutcliffe about her latest film, Origin. It stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson, following her journey as she researches her best-selling book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents while dealing with personal tragedy. Gabriel García Márquez’s final novel Until August is bei…

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Kate Rusby, Edward Bond, Eve Steele and the decline of female filmmakers 42:35

1M ago42:35

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The acclaimed English folk singer-songwriter Kate Rusby performs live and chats about her new Singy Songy Session Tour. Theatre critic Michael Billington celebrates the life and legacy of the provocative British playwright Edward Bond, whose death was announced today. Dr Stacy Smith, and film data researcher Stephen Follows, discuss Dr Smith's rece…

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Spooky and Morbid Stories from YOU 39:07

1M ago39:07

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Have you ever had something creepy happen to you or a family member that you can’t quite explain? If you’ve got a spooky story to tell, or like hearing other people’s, then this is the episode for you. Go to http://meundies.com/30mm to get 20% off your first order and free shipping. This show is sponsored by BetterHelp - go to http://betterhelp.com…

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S10 Ep3 (ft. Ryan Carter): Black Out Performances, Slave Play, Standing At The Sky's Edge, Cable Street, Side Show + more! 50:49

1M ago50:49

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Ryan Carter (Ain't Too Proud / Choir Of Man) returns to The West End Frame Show! Andrew & Ryan have a conversation about the reaction to the Black Out Performances announced for Slave Play. They also discuss Standing At The Sky's Edge (Gillian Lynne Theatre), Cable Street (Southwark Playhouse), Side Show In Concert (London Palladium) and Before Aft…

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Ray Winstone, K Patrick, Ferris & Sylvester 42:24

2M ago42:24

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Ray Winstone, star of Sexy Beast and Nil By Mouth, talks about new Netflix series The Gentlemen brought to television screens by director Guy Ritchie. K Patrick’s in the studio to read from their first collection of poetry Three Births, which explores nature, contemporary queer experience and pop-culture icons like Catwoman and George Michael. And …

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Dune 2, Brian Bilston, Angelica Kauffman RA, Nachtland 42:37

2M ago42:37

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This week sees the release of the much anticipated Dune part 2, the sequel to 2021’s part 1, a series based on Frank Herbert’s 1960’s sci fi classic. We also look at Marius von Mayenburg’s play Nachtland directed by Patrick Marber at the Young Vic in London and Angelica Kauffman: the Swiss artist finally gets a solo exhibition at the Royal Academy …

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Benjamin Britten, director Kaouther Ben Hania, music from Owen Spafford and Louis Campbell 41:57

2M ago41:57

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Kate Molleson talks to Kaouther Ben Hania about her Oscar-nominated documentary Four Daughters, which explores the impact of two sisters fleeing to join Islamic State, by bringing in actors to play them alongside the rest of their family in Tunisia. We look at two new plays about British composer Benjamin Britten and the light they shed on a life s…

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SHOW TALK: The Big Life, I Should Be So Lucky, Bronco Billy, Redcliffe, Frozen, Mamma Mia! & West End Sessions 23:13

2M ago23:13

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West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins, is back for some bonus show talk! The shows covered in this episode include The Big Life (Stratford East), I Should Be So Lucky (New Wimbledon Theatre, UK Tour), Bronco Billy (Charing Cross Theatre), Redcliffe (MT Fest, Turbine Theatre), Frozen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre) and Danie…

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The Jury: Murder Trial, Bhangra Nation, Bluestockings 42:21

2M ago42:21

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Channel 4’s new reality TV series, The Jury: Murder Trial features a real-life murder case, re-run in front of two juries who are unaware of each other’s existence. Its creator Ed Kellie and BBC News' former legal affairs correspondent Clive Coleman discuss what the TV experiment tells us about how emotions can be swayed in the courtroom - and whet…

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Incorruptibility: Sainthood's Freshest Corpses 33:58

2M ago33:58

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How would you react if you saw a dead body that, after a year, still looked like the person had died just yesterday? What about after five years? A hundred? This type of preservation, called incorruptibility, can happen. And while some consider it a holy miracle, science tells a different story. Go to http://factormeals.com/30mm50 and use code 30mm…

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S10 Ep2 (ft. Amy Thornton): Hadestown, Donny Osmond, Hamilton, Todrick Hall, Miriam Margolyes, Jamie Muscato + more! 53:58

2M ago53:58

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Amy Thornton (Moulin Rouge / Evita) co-hosts The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Amy discuss Hadestown (Lyric Theatre) and Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre) as well as the latest news about Donny Osmond, Wild About You, Claudia Kariuki, Miriam Margolyes and more. Amy recently completed her run as Nini in the West End production of Moulin Rogue (Pi…

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Sheridan Smith. Movement Coaches and Sexism in French Cinema 42:20

2M ago42:20

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In an exclusive for Front Row, Sheridan Smith performs Magic, a song from her new musical Opening Night, which is directed by Ivo Van Hove, with music from Rufus Wainwright. They discuss creating the new musical, which is based on the 1970s film and follows an actress going through a breakdown as she prepares to open a new show on Broadway. Journal…

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Minority Report at Nottingham Playhouse, Wicked Little Letters, and TV series Boarders reviewed 42:18

2M ago42:18

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Minority report, the Sci-Fi classic by Philip K Dick, has already been adapted for film and television and now it’s a stage play that employs an innovative mix of technology, stagecraft and live performance. As it opens at the Nottingham Playhouse, Mark Burman talks to some of the creatives involved. We review Wicked Little Letters, a black comedy …

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Wim Wenders, Len Pennie and Angus Robertson 42:07

2M ago42:07

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Wim Wenders on his new Oscar nominated Japanese language film Perfect Days, about a toilet cleaner in Tokyo as he goes about his work. Koji Yakusho won the Best Actor Award when the film premiered at this year’s Cannes film festival, and the film has been dubbed ‘slow cinema’. Len Pennie came to prominence as a poet on social media during the Covid…

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Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Sarsgaard, Casting Directors 42:16

2M ago42:16

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Rhiannon Giddens, the musician, composer and former lead singer of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, performs live with her band. She talks about her work in uncovering the real history of the banjo and writing her first solo album of original material. Peter Sarsgaard discusses playing a man with early onset dementia in Memory, a performance that won …

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Coffins Vs. Caskets: What's the Difference? 32:08

2M ago32:08

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Ever wondered what exactly differentiates a coffin from a casket? So did we! We get to the bottom of things. Six feet under, to be exact. Go to http://shadyrays.com and use code 30MM for 35% off polarized sunglasses and snow goggles. This show is sponsored by BetterHelp - go to http://betterhelp.com/30MM to get 10% off your first month. Follow us o…

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