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Front Row: The Mouse and His Child; Sightseers; Robert Greene; Cecilia Bartoli

The Mouse and His Child; Sightseers; Robert Greene; Cecilia Bartoli

30/11/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, The Mouse and His Child; Sightseers; Robert Greene; Cecilia Bartoli

Kirsty Lang reports on The Mouse and His Child, the RSC's new show for family audiences.

Kirsty Lang reports on The Mouse and His Child, the RSC's new show for family audiences, plus opera star Cecilia Bartoli, writer Robert Greene, and a review of new film Sightseers.

With Kirsty Lang.

Following the huge success of Matilda, the RSC has a new Christmas show for family audiences. The Mouse and His Child is based on a book by Russell Hoban, and features the adventures of two wind-up mice, a purple elephant, and Manny Rat who pursues the mice as they try to find their home. Writer Jamila Gavin reviews..

Writer Robert Greene has inspired rappers such as Jay-Z and 50 Cent and attracted hard-to-reach readers, including prisoners, with his best-selling books which reveal strategies to gain influence and power. Greene discusses whether he has mellowed with his new book which focuses on obtaining Mastery.

Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli has established a reputation for releasing challenging material which doesn't follow the opera hits formula. Her latest release is Mission, an exploration of the life and work of largely forgotten Italian composer Agostino Steffani. She explains why Steffani merits revival and how writer Donna Leon became involved in the project.

A caravan trip around England turns into a killing spree in the bleak comedy film Sightseers, an unsettling mixture of Mike Leigh and Grand Guignol. Critic Natalie Haynes goes along for the ride. 

Producer Ellie Bury.

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