Salman Rushdie, Pasolini, Cyndi Lauper

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Samira Ahmed talks to Salman Rushdie about his new novel Two Years Eight Months, and Cyndi Lauper discusses her new musical Kinky Boots.

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Samira Ahmed talks to Salman Rushdie about his new novel, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty Eight Nights, set in New York in the future.

Cyndi Lauper on writing the score for the Tony award winning musical Kinky Boots, based on the true story of the Northampton factory that began making shoes for drag queens.

Jenny McCartney reviews the film Pasolini, starring William Dafoe as the controversial Italian film-maker in his final days.

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Wed 9 Sep 201519:15

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Kinky Boots is playing at the Adelphi Theatre in London.

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Pasolini is released by the BFI and on tour around the UK until 11 October.

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Two Years Eight Months & Twenty Eight Nights is published by Penguin Random House.

Role	Contributor
Presenter	Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest	Salman Rushdie
Interviewed Guest	Cyndi Lauper
Interviewed Guest	Jenny McCartney
Producer	Timothy Prosser

Wed 9 Sep 201519:15
BBC Radio 4

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