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Front Row: Fela! review, Michael Dobbs on playing Mrs Thatcher

Fela! review, Michael Dobbs on playing Mrs Thatcher

18/11/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Fela! review, Michael Dobbs on playing Mrs Thatcher

Mark Lawson reviews Fela! and author Michael Dobbs assesses actors playing Mrs Thatcher.

Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson reviews Fela! at the National Theatre and talks to jazz musician John Hendricks. Author Michael Dobbs assesses actors playing Mrs Thatcher.

Mark Lawson discusses Fela! at the National Theatre with artist Sokari Douglas Camp and Daily Telegraph Arts Editor Sarah Crompton. 
Fela ! a musical based on the life of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, with Tony Award winning choreography from director Bill T Jones, runs in rep at the National Theatre. There is an NT live cinema screening from the performance on January 13th.

American Jazz musician Jon Hendricks discusses writing close harmony and how many words it's possible to sing in a minute. He performs at Ronnie Scotts this week as part of the London Jazz Festival. 

Author Michael Dobbs assesses actors playing Mrs Thatcher from Janet Brown to Andrea Riseborough.

Aminatta Forna, one of the contenders for the BBC National Short Story Award 2010, discusses her story Haywards Heath, which will be broadcast on Radio 4 tomorrow afternoon at 3.40pm. 


Producer Robyn Read.

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