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Front Row: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Lee Hall; Arts Funding

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Lee Hall; Arts Funding

26/06/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Lee Hall; Arts Funding

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; arts funding cuts; Lee Hall's Cultural Exchange.

The verdict on the stage musical of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, plus Lee Hall's Cultural Exchange, and which areas of the arts should receive less public funding?

With Mark Lawson.

Natalie Haynes reviews the new West End stage musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Sam Mendes, and starring Douglas Hodge as Willy Wonka.

The Chancellor George Osborne today announced a 7% cut in the Department of Culture, Media and Sport's budget, and a 5% cut to budgets for arts organisations, as part of the government's spending review. Broadcaster Janet Street-Porter, music commentator Norman Lebrecht and Richard Mantle of Opera North suggest areas of the arts which they believe should receive less funding.

The playwright and screenwriter Lee Hall selects his Cultural Exchange. He explains why Briggflatts, an autobiographical poem by Basil Bunting, has revealed new layers of meaning over the 30 years that he has been re-reading it.

The concert promoter AEG has been warned by the Advertising Standards Authority after they described a Kanye West gig as a "one off" London show, only to announce more dates. Lawyer Duncan Lamont discusses the legal issues around advertising "one offs" and "farewell tours."

Producer: Olivia Skinner.

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