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Sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events, with Tom Sutcliffe and guests

Presenter Tom Sutcliffe and guests offer sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events

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Saturday Review: There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, Animals, Colson Whitehead, Olafur Eliasson, This Way Up

03/08/2019

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, Animals, Colson Whitehead, Olafur Eliasson, This Way Up

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, Animals, Colson Whitehead, Olafur Eliasson, This Way Up

There Is a Light That Never..., Animals, Colson Whitehead, Olafur Eliasson, This Way Up

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out at Manchester Royal Exchange, Animals film, Colson Whitehead - The Nickel Boys, Olafur Eliasson at Tate Modern, This Way Up on Channel 4

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, Scenes From The Luddite Rebellion has just opened at Manchester Royal Exchange. Combining verbatim recreations and imagined encounters, it looks at Manchester and England at the beginning of industrialisation  
Animals is a new film based on the novel by Emma Jane Unsworth. Two friends messily drift along and apart and back together in Dublin 
Colson Whitehead's new novel The Nickel Boys fictionalises the true story of a reform institution in Florida where cruelty, abuse and violence were the norm   
Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life is at Tate Modern in London - showing 27 years of the output of the Norwegian Icelandic artist  
This Way Up is a new sitcom on Channel 4 starring Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan 


Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Henry Hitchings, Patrice Lawrence and Jen Harvie. The producer is  Oliver Jones

PodcastExtra recommendations:

Jen: Burgerz by Travis Alabanza Shit Theatre's Drink Rum with Expats, and Fair Fringe /Cost Of The Fringe/ Fringe of Colour 
Henry: Jonathan Gibbs - The Large Door
Patrice: Anthony Joseph - Kitch and Sam Selvon- The Lonely Londoners

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