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Front Row: Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter, Jez Butterworth and Declan McKenna

Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter, Jez Butterworth and Declan McKenna

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter, Jez Butterworth and Declan McKenna

The directors of Occupied City, the playwright of The Hills of California and live music.

Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter on their new film Occupied City, Jaz Butterworth on his new play The Hills of California and singer-songwriter Declan McKenna is live in session.

Oscar-winning director and artist Steve McQueen has collaborated with his partner, the writer and historian Bianca Stigter, to document the hidden histories of World War Two beneath the streets of modern day Amsterdam. The couple join Samira to discuss their mesmerising and poetic new film.

Mojo brought him great success when he was just 26. Later came Jerusalem, the greatest play of the 20th century in the Daily Telegraph theatre critic’s opinion. Then, The Ferryman, also highly acclaimed. He has also written a couple of James Bond films. So, Jez Butterworth’s new play The Hills of California is eagerly awaited and has gone straight to the West End. On the eve of press night, the playwright talks to Samira Ahmed about the play that its director, Sam Mendes, says is ‘about love, time, memory, parents and children. And England.’ Lots to talk about.

Singer-songwriter Declan McKenna gives Front Row a preview of his new album What Happened To The Beach? – recorded in LA nearly a decade after winning Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent Competition as a teenager.

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