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Front Row: Morte D'Arthur at the RSC and artist Cornelia Parker

Morte D'Arthur at the RSC and artist Cornelia Parker

18/06/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Morte D'Arthur at the RSC and artist Cornelia Parker

With Kirsty Lang, including a review of Morte d'Arthur on stage at the RSC in Stratford.

With Kirsty Lang. Including King Arthur's adventures on stage at the RSC, artist Cornelia Parker on squashing brass band instruments to make art, and why 4D is the coming thing.

With Kirsty Lang. Bidisha reviews an adaptation of Thomas Malory's 15th century text Le Morte d'Arthur which is on stage at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford. 

Cornelia Parker discusses making art from flattened brass band instruments. 

Islamic Punk band The Kominas on how they formed after reading a novel about a band like theirs. 

And as 3D films become ever more common, Madame Tussauds has launched what it calls a 4D cinema experience. Kirsty Lang reports on the added fourth dimension, and considers the history and future of bringing new sensory experiences to cinema audiences. 

Producer Robyn Read.

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