27 February 2006
Monday 27 February 2006 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)
Philip Dodd discusses the life and career of acclaimed Writer and Director Krzysztof Kieslowski.
Programme Details
In Night Waves tonight Susan Hitch will be talking to the veteran director Robert Altman about his latest theatre production, Resurrection Blues. The play by Arthur Miller, which the playwright finished just before his death last year, is a satire which asks the question: what would happen if Christ returned to Earth in the 21st century? Is it possible that we would crucify him again but this time televise the event and sell advertising space? Altman discusses his feelings about his native America and his approach to directing in the theatre.
Also in the programme, Jonathan Kaplan, the South Africa born surgeon, whose latest book, Contact Wounds: A War Surgeon's Education, is published this month. He'll be talking to Susan about his work in Angola where he was the only surgeon for 160,000 civilians and his time as a volunteer in Baghdad where he treated casualties while gangs looted pharmacies and fought for control of local hospitals.
Lorraine Adams' first book, Harbour, has won prizes in the USA for its depiction of a young Algerian stowaway in Boston, whose community attracts the attention of an anti-terrorist cell of the FBI. The writer, Louise Welsh, discusses the novel and the ways in which fiction is tackling current political issues.
And Ginette Vincendeau will be in the studio to review The Child, the latest film by the Dardennes Brothers which won this year's Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
That's all in Night Waves, live at 9:30 this Tuesday evening, presented by Susan Hitch here on BBC Radio 3.
Additional Details:
1) Resurrection Blues is at the Old Vic Theatre in London.
2) Harbour by Lorraine Adams is published by Portobello Books.
3) The Child is on general release, certificate 12A.
4) Contact Wounds by Jonathan Kaplan is published by Picador.
