Front Row
Front Row
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
14 Aug 2023
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42mins
Composer György Ligeti, L'immensità starring Penelope Cruz, La Cage Aux Folles
Composer György Ligeti, L'immensità starring Penelope Cruz, La Cage Aux Folles
György Ligeti: on the 100th anniversary of his birth, we celebrate the Hungarian-Austrian composer and the 2023 Proms pe... Read more
10 Aug 2023
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42mins
Anohni, artists' intellectual property, Bruntwood Prize-winning play Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz
Anohni, artists' intellectual property, Bruntwood Prize-winning play Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz
Mercury Prize winning and Oscar-nominated artist Anohni returns with a soulful new album, My Back Was A Bridge For You T... Read more
9 Aug 2023
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42mins
Bruce Lee, mental health in reality TV, poet Sean Street on birdsong
Bruce Lee, mental health in reality TV, poet Sean Street on birdsong
On the 50th anniversary of the release of the martial arts film Enter The Dragon, actor and filmmaker Daniel York Loh an... Read more
8 Aug 2023
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42mins
Lucy Prebble on The Effect, Welsh band Adwaith perform and Is the Critic Dead?
Lucy Prebble on The Effect, Welsh band Adwaith perform and Is the Critic Dead?
When you fall in love how do you know it’s for real, and not just the result of chemicals in your brain? Lucy Prebble’s... Read more
7 Aug 2023
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42mins
Soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha; Joy Ride film and Ann Patchett’s novel Tom Lake reviewed; composer Carl Davis
Soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha; Joy Ride film and Ann Patchett’s novel Tom Lake reviewed; composer Carl Davis
The South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha talks to Front Row ahead of returning to the Proms this Saturday ... Read more
3 Aug 2023
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42mins
Welsh Fleabag, Social media and comedy in Edinburgh; Moon Palace in Leeds
Welsh Fleabag, Social media and comedy in Edinburgh; Moon Palace in Leeds
A new Welsh version of the comedy hit Fleabag is about to premiere at the National Eisteddfod in Boduan. Branwen Davies... Read more
2 Aug 2023
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42mins
The Booker Prize longlist; Freddie Mercury's costume archive, Scottish theatre
The Booker Prize longlist; Freddie Mercury's costume archive, Scottish theatre
As the Booker Prize longlist is announced, literary critic Alex Clark takes us through the contenders for the £50,000 li... Read more
1 Aug 2023
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42mins
West End producer unmasked, Reassessing the poetry of Virgil, Adjani Salmon on Dreaming Whilst Black
West End producer unmasked, Reassessing the poetry of Virgil, Adjani Salmon on Dreaming Whilst Black
Adjani Salmon is the writer of the award-winning web-series Dreaming Whilst Black, now on BBC Three. He tells Tom Sutcli... Read more
31 Jul 2023
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42mins
Cellist Ana Carla Maza performs, the Mercury Music Prize shortlist
Cellist Ana Carla Maza performs, the Mercury Music Prize shortlist
Cuban composer, cellist and singer Ana Carla Maza performs live in the Front Row studio, ahead of her appearance at WOMA... Read more
27 Jul 2023
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42mins