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Sarah Waters; Racial Diversity in the Arts; Mike Scott of the Waterboys; Museums on Film

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Author Sarah Waters has followed her gothic novel The Little Stranger with her first play which is also a ghost story that aims to spook audiences. She discusses working with experimental theatre-maker Christopher Green to devise a play in which all is not as it seems.

Mike Scott of The Waterboys discusses the band's new album Modern Blues, and explains why it was important for the band to record it in Nashville.

Dawn Walton, Director of Eclipse Theatre Company and Tom Morris, Artistic Director of the Bristol Old Vic, give their response to today's speech by Peter Bazalgette, Chair of Arts Council England, in which he urges racial diversity and inclusion across the board in arts institutions.

Two new documentaries lift the lid on the action behind the scenes at two of the world's most well-known art museums - the National Gallery in London and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Sarah Crompton asks whether museums and galleries make good subjects for films.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Olivia Skinner. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Waters
Interviewed Guest:
Mike Scott
Interviewed Guest:
Dawn Walton
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Morris
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton

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