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FRIDAY 19 SEPTEMBER
Presented by Francine Stock
WHITE OLEANDER
Michelle Pfeiffer and Renée Zellweger feature in British director Peter Kosminsky's dark film, White Oleander. Critic Antonia Quirke reviews.
White Oleander is on general release, certificate 12A
Related website: BBC Films - White Oleander
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HOMETIME IN CHINA
A new travelling exhibition by the British Council It's Hometime in China has been devised in the light of a growing interest in interior decorating amongest the younger urban Chinese. Eight British designers have created room sets specifically for an individual or type from a work and live unit for a visually impaired student to a drawing room for a diplomat. Designers Ilse Crawford and Tod Boontje Tom Dixon, design director of Habitat talk to Front Row about their contribution to the exhibition.
It's Hometime in China is showing in Guagzhou until the end of next week then moves moving onto Beijing, Shanghai and Chongquing
Related website: British Council - Arts - Hometime
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THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
Narrowly missing inclusion on the Booker shortlist, Mark Haddon's novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nigh-time whose story is told by a a 15 year old with Asperger's syndrome, has just been awarded three prizes, including Best Audio Book of the Year. Writer and regular reviewer of audio books, Sue Townsend, explains why she thinks this production so special.
Audio book of the The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon avialable from Random House Audiobooks ISBN 1856867889.
The adult edition of the book is published by Jonathan Cape, ISBN 0224063782; children's edition published by David Fickling Books, ISBN 0385605870
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TITUS ANDRONICUS
Shakespeare's gory revenge play Titus Andronicus is being performed for the first time since 1981 at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon. Is this play so rarely seen because of its extreme violence? Front Row consults actor Brian Cox, director Greg Doran, theatre critic Michael Billington and director of the current production, Bill Alexander.
Titus Andronicus is at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon until 7 November
Related website: RSC - Titus Andronicus
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LESTER BANGS
An anothology of writings by musician Lester Bangs, Mainlines, Blood Feasts and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader, is published next week. John McCready from Mojo Magazine considers what was so compelling about the rock and roll scribe who died at 33.
Mainlines, Blood Feasts and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader by Lester Bangs is published by Serpent's Tail, ISBN 1852428236
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