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Saturday Review: The Secret Theatre, Paul Theroux, Erte, Beach Rats, Joe Orton Laid Bare

The Secret Theatre, Paul Theroux, Erte, Beach Rats, Joe Orton Laid Bare

25/11/2017

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, The Secret Theatre, Paul Theroux, Erte, Beach Rats, Joe Orton Laid Bare

The Secret Theatre, Paul Theroux novel, Erte exhibition, Beach Rats, Joe Orton Laid Bare.

The Secret Theatre at the Globe, Paul Theroux's latest novel Mother Land, an exhibition of work by designer Erte, American indie film Beach Rats, documentary Joe Orton Laid Bare.

A new play by Anders Lustgarten, The Secret Theatre opens at London's Sam Wannamker Playhouse and is about Sir Frances Walsingham- Queen Elizabeth I's spymaster 
Paul Theroux's latest novel Mother Land is comic work about a ghastly matriarch exerting a poisonous influence on her grown-up children 
20th century designer Erte worked in fashion, jewellery, graphic arts, costume and set design for film, theatre, and opera, and interior decor. An exhibition of his work at London's Grosvenor Gallery includes his exquisite alphabet.
"What's your idea of romance"? American indie film Beach Rats explores the story of a young man discovering his sexuality and confused by what's on offer.
BBC documentary Joe Orton Laid Bare looks at the life of the playwright who died 50 years ago.

Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Adam Mars Jones, Ellen E Jones and Louise Doughty. The producer is Oliver Jones.

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