Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMichael R Jackson on his hit musical, Ray BLK on Champion, the Natural History Museum
Playwright and composer Michael R Jackson talks about his musical A Strange Loop, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The musical is based on hi…
2 years, 11 months ago
Wes Anderson on Asteroid City, Bob Stanley on his biography of the Bee Gees
Wes Anderson, known for his quirky storylines and individual aesthetic, talks about his latest film Asteroid City. Set in 1955, at a science competi…
2 years, 11 months ago
Elliot Page, Wicker Man music, Jewish Museum and Holocaust Memorial
Oscar-nominated Elliot Page, best known as star of comedy drama Juno, on coming out as gay and as a trans man, all in the glare of the Hollywood spot…
2 years, 11 months ago
National Portrait Gallery refurbishment and play Dear England reviewed, violinist Rachel Podger
Tom is joined by reviewers Boyd Hilton and Susannah Clapp who look at Dear England, a new play by James Graham at the National Theatre which examines…
2 years, 11 months ago
The winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal, the MAC in Belfast and does the UK need more music arenas?
Front Row hears from the winner of this year’s Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing, which is awarded for a book for children or young people. Manon Steff…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Beatles at Stowe, Nick Drake, Maggi Hambling
The Beatles at Stowe School: Front Row made the news with the discovery of the earliest recording of a concert by The Beatles in this country, at Sto…
2 years, 11 months ago
Glenda Jackson remembered, Wayne McGregor, Black Mirror reviewed
Front Row plays tribute to Oscar winning actor Glenda Jackson, who has died aged 87. Theatre critic Sarah Crompton remembers the power of her stage …
3 years ago
The Burrell Collection, Accordion Quartet, Women's Prize Winner Barbara Kingsolver, Folk Film Gathering
Allan Little visits the Burrell Collection in Glasgow, which re-opened last year after a £68 million transformation and is now a finalist for Art Fun…
3 years ago
Two debuts: novelist Cecilia Rabess, film director Dionne Edwards; the cost of maintaining arts organisations' buildings
Author and former data scientist, Cecilia Rabess joins Samira Ahmed to discuss her debut novel, Everything’s Fine, which explores the unlikely and co…
3 years ago
Mad Musicals, Eric Whitacre, Women's Prize - Laline Paull
Surprising musicals: new musicals are packing in audiences - and some with quite unlikely subjects. Whilst the classic Broadway musical, like 42nd St…
3 years ago