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Front Row: Catherine Tate returns to the National Theatre

Catherine Tate returns to the National Theatre

06/12/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Catherine Tate returns to the National Theatre

Mark Lawson talks to Catherine Tate and reviews Sofia Coppola's film Somewhere.

With Mark Lawson, including the verdict on Somewhere, Sofia Coppola's new film about a Hollywood actor and his 11-year-old daughter, and an interview with Catherine Tate.

Catherine Tate talks about returning to the National Theatre, where she is starring in Alan Ayckbourn's Season's Greetings, playing the mother of a family at a less than happy festive gathering.

Sofia Coppola became the 3rd woman ever to be nominated for the best director Oscar for Lost in Translation in 2003. Her new film, Somewhere, stars Stephen Dorff as a decadent film actor whose lifestyle is disrupted by the arrival of his eleven year old daughter. Matt Thorne reviews. 

American satirist, "Weird Al" Yankovic, talks about his parodies of popular music releases and videos. Since his first aired comedy song in 1976, he has sold twelve million albums, more than any comedy act in history.

Nica Burns, president of the Society of West End Theatres, discusses the implications of the VAT rate, rise due in January, for theatre producers and performers. 

Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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