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The National Theatre of Brent's Iconic Icons

The National Theatre of Brent's Iconic Icons: Episode 3: The Dalai Lama, or How the West Was Won

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Episode 3: The Dalai Lama, or How the West Was Won

The Dalai Lama, or How the West Was Won

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The National Theatre of Brent's Iconic Icons, The Dalai Lama, or How the West Was Won

Director Desmond Olivier Dingle leads a celebration of his holiness the Dalai Lama.

Desmond Olivier Dingle leads a celebration of his holiness the Dalai Lama. With Patrick Barlow. From August 2011.

The multi award winning National Theatre of Brent - Artistic Director Desmond Olivier Dingle and the entire acting company (Raymond Box) - returns triumphantly to Radio 4 in the last of an occasional series celebrating the rare but rarefied beings deemed in Desmond's expert view to be Iconic Icons. Previous celebratees include Bob Dylan and Tracey Emin.

The final and climactic iconic icon is his holiness the Dalai Lama. Desmond and Raymond trace his journey from two year old yak boy to disaffected teenage Dalai to the mature Lama, exiled from his country, separated from his people, but spiritually at one with himself and the world, and possessor of a top twinkly smile. They also present Buddhism in a Nutshell. 

Written and performed by the National Theatre of Brent, who are Patrick Barlow and John Ramm, in front of an audience at the Bush Hall in London, this latest addition to the Brent canon will be as essential and massive a contribution to the current artistic and spiritual life of this country as the rest of their work. And, of course it will be very funny.

Desmond Olivier Dingle ..... Patrick Barlow 
Raymond Box ..... John Ramm

Director: Patrick Barlow


Producer: Liz Anstee
A CPL Production for BBC Radio 4.

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Series of comic profiles celebrating the living artists they deem to be 'iconic icons'

Series of comic profiles celebrating the living artists they deem to be 'iconic icons'. Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by John Ramm

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