Programme Details

Paul Allen reassesses the lost period of theatre between the Second World War and John Osborne's Look Back in Anger of 1956. Alan Strachan and Dominic Shellard consider what happened in this time and whether this was truly a lost era for British theatre.

Film director Jonathan Demme talks about neuro-surgery and villainy in his remake of The Manchurian Candidate.

Composer and musician Nitin Sawhney explains how day dreaming in school inspired his new piece for the Britten Sinfonia

And as the Donmar theatre in London presents the musical GrandHotel Karen Leeder looks back at the famous 1929 best-selling book by Vicki Baum.

Night Waves, live at 9.30pm on BBC Radio 3


Presenter: PaulAllen
Producer: PhilippaRitchie



Additional Information:
1) The Manchurian Candidate (15) opens on Friday 19 November
2)NitinSawhney and Britten Sinfonia perform at: The Royal Festival Hall, London on Wednesday 17 November; The Dome, Brighton on Thursday 18 November; Cambridge Corn Exchange on Tuesday 23 November; and Symphony Hall, Birmingham on Saturday 27 November.
3) Grand Hotel runs at The Donmar Warehouse from Friday 19 November until 12 February 2005.