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Front Row: Lucy Prebble, immersive experiences, what next for ENO

19/12/2022

Lucy Prebble, immersive experiences, what next for ENO

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Lucy Prebble, immersive experiences, what next for ENO

Lucy Prebble on I Hate Suzie Too. Have we reached peak immersion? And what next for ENO.

Acclaimed playwright Lucy Prebble on I Hate Suzie Too. Laurence Scott and Rachel Campbell-Johnson ask if we’ve reached peak immersion. Where will English National Opera go next?

Lucy Prebble, acclaimed playwright and Succession screenwriter, talks to Tom about the return of I Hate Suzie Too, her TV collaboration with Billie Piper about a B-list celebrity making a reality TV comeback, following an intimate phone hacking scandal.

Immersive and interactive exhibitions, performances and ‘experiences’ are everywhere, from the Frida Kahlo exhibition at the Reel Store in Coventry to a Peaky Blinders experience in London.  Tom is joined by author Laurence Scott and art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnson to ask if we’ve reached peak immersion.

After having its funding slashed and being told it must move out of London, where does the English National Opera go from here? Manchester has been mooted, although there are reports that the Arts Council may be about to grant the ENO a reprieve. The company’s chief executive Stuart Murphy will give us an update, and we’ll hear from Richard Mantle, chief executive of Leeds-based Opera North, which tours to cities including Greater Manchester. And Manchester-based opera singer Soraya Mafi, who has performed with ENO, explains what the move might mean to her.

Image: Billie Piper as Suzie Pickles in I Hate Suzie Too
Photographer: Tom Beard 
Copyright: Sky UK Ltd.

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