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Free Thinking: 2011

Free Thinking: 2011: Drama on 3 at Free Thinking: A Summer Night

Drama

Drama on 3 at Free Thinking: A Summer Night

06/11/2011

2011

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, 2011, Drama on 3 at Free Thinking: A Summer Night

Set during the 2011 English riots, a drama written for Free Thinking by Jack Thorne.

A live performance from the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts in Gateshead of a drama written especially for Free Thinking, set during the English riots of 2011.

Live from the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, a drama written especially for Free Thinking by Jack Thorne. 
Set during the recent riots, A Summer Night tells three personal stories from the night when the capital changed shape. A policeman on duty, a carer trying to get to her patient, a teenager on a night out - their paths cross and collide in ways you won't expect.

The play does contain strong language. 

Cast 
Mark ..... Toby Jones
Ant ..... Daniel Kaluuya
Diane ..... Victoria Elliott
Composer/ Musician: Patrick Dineen
Producer: Kate Rowland.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Series of events from the 2011 Free Thinking festival of ideas. The theme is change

Series of events from the 2011 Free Thinking festival of ideas. The theme is change, exploring the mania for change around the globe

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