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Front Row: Benny Andersson, Sophie Wu, National Poetry Day

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28/09/2017

Benny Andersson, Sophie Wu, National Poetry Day

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Benny Andersson, Sophie Wu, National Poetry Day

Benny Andersson performs, Sophie Wu on her new play, the healing power of poetry.

Benny Andersson plays from his new album and Sophie Wu talks about her new play Ramona Tells Jim. Plus a review of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian on the stage.

Benny Andersson, the musical mastermind behind all those Abba hits and the musical Chess, talks to Kirsty about his new album on which he presents solo piano versions of many of his best loved tunes.

Sophie Wu is known as an actor for her roles in series such as 'Fresh Meat' and the film 'Kick Ass'. Now she has written a play. Ramona Tells Jim is about two teenage outsiders who fall for one another, before Ramona tells Jim something that changes everything. Sophie talks to Kirsty Lang about exploring how a single decision can have life-changing consequences.

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian is the best-selling 2005 novel by Marina Lewycka which has now been adapted for the stage and is playing at the Hull Truck Theatre. Sam Marlowe reviews.

To mark National Poetry Day, William Sieghart discusses the healing power of poetry. 

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Helen Fitzhenry.

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