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The Arts Hour: Shabana Azmi, Robert Downey Jr., Harriet Walter

Shabana Azmi, Robert Downey Jr., Harriet Walter

26/10/2014

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, Shabana Azmi, Robert Downey Jr., Harriet Walter

Actress and activist Shabana Azmi explains why the play she’s in is transforming the way husbands and children see their mothers.  Robert Downey Jr, the highest paid film star in the world, talks about his money and new film The Judge.  Musician and former Talking Heads frontman tells us why he wanted to turn the life of of Imelda Marcos into a musical.  We find out how the democracy protests in Hong Kong are being turned into art.  And on mainland China we meet the artists who paint Old Masters by the metre and find out why theatre is big business.
We hear from the women who are stealing Shakespearean roles from the men.    And we visit 1:54,  Europe’s largest African Art Fair. 

(Photo: Shabana Azmi, Robert Downey Jr. (c) Rob Kim, Harriet Walter (c) Gareth Cattermole)

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