03/10/2009

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Anish Kapoor The Indian-born artist walks us round his new exhibition and explains why he's using a canon to fire globules of red wax across London's prestigious Royal Academy. The Strand new music choices The enormously popular, mega-selling British stadium-rock band Muse, Russian/Lithuanian singer Alina Orlova, and up-and-coming jazz group Portico Quartet feature on today's programme. Miracle in Brisbane Australia's leading director and broadcaster Rhoda Roberts talks about the World Premiere of her ground-breaking new production Miracle in Brisbane, that features 21 indigenous Australian performers. http://www.brisbanefestival.com.au/ Ricky Gervais The actor and comedian Ricky Gervais tells the Strand about his latest film The Invention of Lying, and why the death of his own mother proved an inspiration to the storyline. Gunter Grass - 'The Tin Drum' This weekend's World Book Club is with the world famous German writer Gunter Grass, talking about his most memorable novel, The Tin Drum. On today's Weekend Strand, the novelist's right hand woman Hilke Ohsoling takes us behind the scenes of the Grass museum in Lubeck to discover Gunter Grass the sculptor and artist. Marie Darrieussecq - Tom is Dead Set in Australia, the new novel by the French award-winning writer Marie Darrieussecq, is about a young French family to whom the unthinkable happens. The author speaks to The Strand about love, child mortality and the long shadows of grief. Tom is Dead, translated by Lia Hills, is published in English by Text Publishing in Australia. Krystle Warren Big things are expected of Krystle Warren - she's been described as 'the next Tracy Chapman'. She performs a track from her new album especially for us.