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Will Gompertz

Marc Almond

John Harle

Willy Russell

Gemma Bodinetz

Lyn Gardner

Gary Shteyngart

Emily Eavis

Ellie Bury

Front Row: Marc Almond and John Harle; Willy Russell on Liverpool's Everyman Theatre; Gary Shteyngart

Marc Almond and John Harle; Willy Russell on Liverpool's Everyman Theatre; Gary Shteyngart

27/02/2014

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Marc Almond and John Harle; Willy Russell on Liverpool's Everyman Theatre; Gary Shteyngart

Marc Almond and John Harle discuss their collaboration The Tyburn Tree with Will Gompertz.

Marc Almond and John Harle discuss their collaboration The Tyburn Tree; Liverpool's Everyman Theatre reopens; novelist Gary Shteyngart on his memoir Little Failure.

With Will Gompertz.

Marc Almond and John Harle discuss their new collaboration, The Tyburn Tree, a collection of songs about Gothic London, whose subjects include the Highgate Vampire, Jack The Ripper and the Elizabethan mystic John Dee.

50 years ago the Liverpool Everyman theatre opened its doors to the public for the first time. 40 years ago, Willy Russell provided the theatre with his first big hit play and their first London transfer - John, Paul, George, Ringo... and Bert. As the Everyman re-opens after an extensive three-year building project, Willy Russell discusses the theatre's past. Gemma Bodinetz, Artistic Director of the Everyman and Playhouse theatres, and theatre writer Lyn Gardner discuss what the role of the theatre building should be in the 21st century.

Gary Shteyngart, the Russian-born American author, whose books include The Russian Debutante's Handbook and Super Sad True Love Story, has recently released his memoir, Little Failure. Named after the nickname bestowed upon him by his mother, the book documents Gary's childhood in the Soviet Union, his move to America at the age of seven, and his life thereafter as a Russian Jewish immigrant and wannabe writer.

Glastonbury was named Best Festival at last night's NME Awards and this morning Dolly Parton announced that she has been booked for this year. Emily Eavis explains how they choose their megastar line-ups and what she intends to do with the festival as she takes a more prominent role in its planning.

Producer: Ellie Bury.

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