01/10/2011

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The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Simon Pitts Hector Tobar Novelist Hector Tobar talks about his new novel The Barbarian Nurseries which brings together the private, privileged world of gated communities in wealthy Orange County with the teeming, multi cultural streets of Los Angeles, when a Mexican housemaid finds himself in charge of two young boys whose rich parents have disappeared. Janin Freedom Theatre Just six months after director Juliano Mer-Khamis was killed outside the theatre he set up, the company are touring with a new production. Kate Laycock reports. Rian Ireland's enfant terrible of dance Michael Keegan Dolan tells Larence Pollard about his Dublin Theatre Festival production Rian, exploring economic boom and bust. Melancholia Danish director Lars von Trier returns with this apocalyptic drama about the relationship between two sisters in the possible countdown to the end of the world. Siu2 at Hong Kong International Jazz Festival Siu 2 are a band who combine ancient Chinese instruments with a more traditional jazz line-up to create a unique and exciting sound Hu Fayun and his internet novel Chinese literature expert Jie Li on Such Is This [email protected]. The novel survived official criticism to become an online sensation and is now published in english for the first time. Bill Fontana The artist's latest installation startles passers by on one of London's busiest roads by relaying the power of waves breaking on a unique and ancient beach into the heart of the city.