Uncle Vanya, Triple 9, The Night Manager, Mend the Living, Delacroix
The week's cultural highlights, including Uncle Vanya at London's Almeida Theatre, heist movie Triple 9, BBC TV's The Night Manager and award-winning French novel Mend the Living.
a bunch of corrupt cops stage a bank heist in Triple 9; but can there honour among thieves in such a high-stakes job?
Chekhov's Uncle Vanya at London's Almeida Theatre has been adapted and directed by Robert Icke giving it a fresh contemporary feel.
John leCarre's 1993 novel The Night Manager has become a 6 part BBCTV series. Espionage, amoral weapons dealers, beautiful tragic women; all the best ingredients are there, what does it add up to?
Award-winning French novelist Maylis de Kerangal's latest work translated into English is Mend The Living - dissecting 24 hours of a human heart.
The first major London exhibition of work by - and influenced by - Eugene Delacroix has opened at The National Gallery.
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Gillian Slovo, Jason Cowley and Kathryn Hughes. The producer is Oliver Jones.
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Triple 9
Triple 9 is in cinemas now, certificate 15.
Maylis de Kerangal
Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal is available in paper back and ebook now.
Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art
Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art is at the National Gallery in London until 22 May 2016.
Image: Eugène Delacroix - Christ on the Sea of Galilee, 1853. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
The Night Manager
The Night Manager begins on BBC One on Sunday 21 February at 9pm
Uncle Vanya
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Tom Sutcliffe |
| Interviewed Guest | Gillian Slovo |
| Interviewed Guest | Jason Cowley |
| Interviewed Guest | Kathryn Hughes |
| Producer | Oliver Jones |
Broadcast
- Sat 20 Feb 201619:15BBC Radio 4
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