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Only Artists brings two artists together to talk about their creative work.

Only Artists from BBC Radio 4 brings two artists together to talk about their creative work. The agenda is theirs, the conversation is free-flowing, and there is no presenter.

Only Artists from BBC Radio 4 brings two artists together to talk about their creative work. The agenda is theirs, the conversation is free-flowing, and there is no presenter.   The title derives from the art historian EH Gombrich, who began his highly influential book The Story of Art with the famous line “There really is no such thing as art. There are only artists”. Here are some of them…

Only Artists: Series 5

Only Artists: Series 5: Hollie McNish meets Paapa Essiedu

Hollie McNish meets Paapa Essiedu

13/06/2018

Series 5

BBC Radio 4 - Only Artists, Series 5, Hollie McNish meets Paapa Essiedu

Poet Hollie McNish meets actor Paapa Essiedu, best known for playing Hamlet for the RSC.

Hollie McNish, who won the Ted Hughes Award for new work in poetry in 2016, meets Paapa Essiedu, best known for playing Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

The poet Hollie McNish meets the actor Paapa Essiedu. 

Hollie won the Ted Hughes Award for new work in poetry in 2016, and has published five books of her poems. Her most recent book, Plum, draws on memories and writing from childhood and her teenage years, along with her experiences as a parent. She first made her name as a performance poet, and her videos have received millions of views online. 

Paapa played Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2016 - the first black actor to take the role for the RSC. The production toured the UK earlier this year, and also travelled to North America. Paapa first joined the RSC in 2012, shortly after graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has also worked at the National Theatre, and at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol. 

Producer Clare Walker.

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