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Bryan Cranston, David Hare, Nikolai Astrup, States of Mind

Arts news with Kirsty lang, including Bryan Cranston on Trumbo, David Hare on adapting Ibsen and Mark Haddon discussing the States of Mind exhibition at the Wellcome Collection.

Bryan Cranston, best known for his role as a drugs baron in hit TV series Breaking Bad, discusses his new role as the screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who was imprisoned and blacklisted for Communist beliefs, in new film Tumbo.

As Ibsen's The Master Builder opens at the Old Vic with Ralph Fiennes in the title role, David Hare discusses his approach to adapting the play with Fiennes in mind.

The Norwegian painter Nikolai Astrup was a contemporary of Edvard Munch, and his work in Norway is much celebrated but he is little known outside of the country. The Dulwich Picture Gallery hopes to change that with the first UK exhibition dedicated to his work. Jonathan Jones reviews.

Author Mark Haddon and curator Emily Sargent discuss States of Mind, an exhibition at the Wellcome Collection that explores the strange borderland between the conscious and the unconscious, and looks at how mental phenomena such as synaesthesia, sleepwalking, memory loss and anaesthesia have inspired art.

Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Rebecca Armstrong.

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BBC Radio 4 FM

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  • Bryan Cranston

    Duration: 08:38

  • David Hare

    Duration: 07:56

  • Nikolai Astrup

    Duration: 04:46

  • States of Mind

    Duration: 05:56

Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston
Trumbo is in cinemas from Friday 5 February, certificate 15.

The Master Builder

The Master Builder

The Master Builder runs at the Old Vic Theatre, London until 19 March.

Photo credit: Manuel Harlan

Nikolai Astrup: Painting Norway

Nikolai Astrup: Painting Norway

Nikolai Astrup: Painting Norway runs at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London from 5 February until 15 May 2016.

Photo credit: Dag Fosse/KODE

States of Mind: Tracing the edges of consciousness

States of Mind: Tracing the edges of consciousness
States of Mind: Tracing the edges of consciousness runs at the Wellcome Collection, London from 4 February to 16 October 2016.

Credit: Goshka Macuga 'Somnambulist' 2006.

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PresenterKirsty Lang
Interviewed GuestBryan Cranston
Interviewed GuestDavid Hare
Interviewed GuestJonathan Jones
Interviewed GuestMark Haddon
Interviewed GuestEmily Sargent
ProducerRebecca Armstrong

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