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Front Row: Dennis Kelly on The Third Day, Nica Burns, Jan Carson, Sir Terence Conran

14/09/2020

Dennis Kelly on The Third Day, Nica Burns, Jan Carson, Sir Terence Conran

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Dennis Kelly on The Third Day, Nica Burns, Jan Carson, Sir Terence Conran

Writer Dennis Kelly, and theatre producer Nica Burns.

The Third Day writer Dennis Kelly; producer Nica Burns on re-opening a number of theatres to audiences; short story writer Jan Carson; Sir Terence Conran.

Nica Burns, owner of some of the biggest West End theatres, discusses her plan to re-open them in sequence from 22 October, starting with Adam Kay’s one man show This is Going to Hurt and, in November, the hit musical Six. But what about large-scale shows like Harry Potter or Everyone’s Talking About Jamie? 

Writer Dennis Kelly tells Samira about The Third Day, his new project starring Jude Law and Naomie Harris. It's a psychological thriller, set on an alluring and mysterious island, that's been brought to life through a collaboration between Sky Atlantic and the immersive theatre company Punchdrunk. The drama consists of six one-hour episodes for TV plus a live-streamed twelve-hour event. 

The Northern Irish writer Jan Carson is best known for her award-winning magic realist novels. But her new work - shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award – is an authentic slice of rural protestant life. She discusses why this community is not often written about and explains why it’s important that their voices are heard now.

And in an interview with John Wilson from 2013, the designer Sir Terence Conran - who died this weekend at the age of 88 - remembers how his collaboration with the Italian/Scottish artist Eduardo Paolozzi changed the direction of his approach when he was a young student of textile design in the 1940s.

Presenter Samira Ahmed
Producer Jerome Weatherald

Main image above: Jude Law in The Third Day
Image credit: (c) 2020 Sky UK Ltd & Home Box Office , Inc

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