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Front Row: Josephine Mackerras, Sean Edwards, summer theatre round-up, John Mullan on Mansfield Park

20/07/2020

Josephine Mackerras, Sean Edwards, summer theatre round-up, John Mullan on Mansfield Park

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Josephine Mackerras, Sean Edwards, summer theatre round-up, John Mullan on Mansfield Park

Josephine Mackerras on her film, Alice, about a woman who becomes an escort.

Josephine Mackerras on her film, Alice, about a woman who becomes an escort to support her son and a round up of theatre happening this summer.

Josephine Mackerras discusses her award winning first feature film, Alice, which she has directed, written and produced. Alice is living an enviable life in Paris with her handsome husband and young son. Then a card payment is refused, their bank account is empty and her husband disappears. He has spent their money using expensive escorts, which gives Alice an idea about how to save her home and her son – and achieve some independence and control.     

Welsh artist Sean Edwards has won a Turner Bursary of £10,000 for his work, which includes the exhibition Undo Things Done which represented Wales at the Venice Biennale last year and featured his mother's voice which was broadcast live in the gallery each afternoon from her home in Cardiff. We speak to the artist about his work and what this money, which has replaced the Turner Prize this year, will allow him to do.

As lockdown restrictions lift, including on live performance, critic Sam Marlowe gives us a run down of what theatre will be happening around the country this summer and how venues are making it work.

Many of us have been reading for solace and distraction in recent months. Professor of English, John Mullan has been making the case for picking up Jane Austen - tonight he tries to tempt us with Mansfield Park.

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Producer: Hannah Robins

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