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Front Row: Olga reviewed, David Hare on Straight Line Crazy, audio postcard from York

16/03/2022

Olga reviewed, David Hare on Straight Line Crazy, audio postcard from York

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New film Olga, the story of a gymnast who has to flee Ukraine, reviewed.

Olga, a Swiss film about a Ukrainian gymnast who flees her country in 2013 reviewed. David Hare on new play Straight Line Crazy. An audio postcard from York.

The playwright David Hare talks about the resonances of his new play at the Bridge in London, Straight Line Crazy. It's a drama about Robert Moses, a civil planner who was a powerful and divisive figure in mid-twentieth century New York.  

Jenny McCartney reviews Olga, a Swiss film that follows a Ukrainian gymnast who is forced to flee her country during the Euromaidan protests of 2013 because of her mother’s work as an investigative journalist.

Nathan Moore from BBC York sends Front Row an audio postcard from the city, including a visit to the studio of artist Sue Clayton who is painting portraits of York City supporters in the club’s centenary year, and a conversation with the York based rock band Bull.

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