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15 September 2004
Presented by Kirsty Lang
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Daniel Libeskind
Kirsty Lang meets architect Daniel Libeskind at a new exhibition exploring his work through previously unseen models and drawings at the Barbican Art Gallery in London . Libeskind's master plan for the rebuilding of the World Trade Centre site in New York... are already mired in controversy . Design of his central `Freedom Tower' has been handed over to another architecural practise, and he is sueing the developer fro unpaid fees . Libeskind talks about keeping control of the project over the next 10 or 15 years.
Ae Fond Kiss
When you go to see a Ken Loach film – you don’t expect romance or fantasy – you expect gritty realism. Ever since he made Cathy Come Home in the 1960s, Loach has served as the political conscience of the nation. There was Hidden Agenda about Northern Ireland and Ladybird, Ladybird the true story of a single mother who has her children taken from her and put into care. His latest film “Ae Fond Kiss” is a cross-cultural love story set in Glasgow – the title refers to an old Robert Burns poem. It tells the story of a romance between Kasim, a second generation Scottish Pakistani, Moslem and Rosheen, a young Irish Catholic teacher. Adam Dawtrey reviews.
African Macbeth
Now here’s a little known theatrical fact : Macbeth is one of the most performed plays in Africa. A testament perhaps to its universal themes of war, brutality and the dangers of overriding political ambition. Director, Max Stafford-Clarke is now staging an African Macbeth to mark the tenth anniversary of his theatre company: Out of Joint. What’s unusual about this production is that it will be staged in a variety of different locations – including disused mills and factories. Max Stafford Clarke is mainly known for directing new writing such David Hare’s The Permanent Way about Railway privatisation – so why Macbeth and why Africa ?
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