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Front Row: Rebecca Frecknall on A Streetcar Named Desire, Rick Rubin, Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh

Rebecca Frecknall on A Streetcar Named Desire, Rick Rubin, Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Rebecca Frecknall on A Streetcar Named Desire, Rick Rubin, Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh

Grammy award winning record producer Rick Rubin, theatre director Rebecca Frecknall on a Streetcar Named Desire and Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh performs live in the Front Row studio.

Nine-time Grammy winning record producer and Def Jam co-founder Rick Rubin has produced hits for artists including Run DMC, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Johnny Cash.  He discusses drawing on his experience for his new book The Creative Act: A Way of Being.

Theatre director Rebecca Frecknall discusses her new production of A Streetcar Named Desire and the nuances that Tennessee Williams’s writing has for contemporary audiences. 

Syrian virtuoso Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh discusses the influence of his homeland, and combining performance, composition and improvisation, and plays live in the Front Row studio.  

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Julian May
Image: Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran in A Streetcar Named Desire.  Credit: Marc Brenner.

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