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The 71st Venice International Film Festival

Claudia Winkleman returns and talks to theatre impresario Bill Kenwright and musical star and recording artist Shaun Escoffery.

Claudia Winkleman returns after the successful Radio 2 Arts Show Summer Season. Theatre impressario Bill Kenwright, talks about the opening of "Evita" and the return of his Radio 2 Show "Bill Kenwright's Golden Years", musical theatre star and singer songwriter Shaun Escoffery talks about his latest album "In The Red Room", 91热爆 Asian Network presenters Raj and Pablo review "The 100 Foot Journey". Robbie Collin reports from the 71st Venice International Film Festival, Alex Heminsley rounds up this week's book releases and we welcome Record Industry guru Nick Stewart who will be reporting on what's hot and what's not in the music world.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Bill Kenwright

Bill Kenwright

Joining Claudia is theatre impresario, actor, singer, football chairman, fellow Radio 2 colleague and all-round good egg Bill Kenwright, he鈥檚 in to talk about the re-staging of 鈥淓vita鈥, his tours and the return of his hugely popular Radio 2 series 鈥淏ill Kenwright鈥檚 Golden Years鈥

Bill Kenwright鈥檚 Golden Years is back on Radio 2, Monday nights at 10pm from this Monday 8th September.听 And Evita opens on 22nd September with previews from 16th September at the newly refurbished Dominion Theatre.

Nick Stewart

Nick Stewart
Music industry legend Nick Stewart joins Claudia to share all the industry news!

Robbie Collin with the film review

Robbie Collin with the film review

1. Birdman

Director:听听 Alejandro G Inarritu

Starring:听 Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Emma Stone

Michael Keaton has a Dark Knight of the soul in this career-defining, genre-defying superhero film


2. The Look of Silence

Director:听 Joshua Oppenheimer

Joshua Oppenheimer's film about Indonesia鈥檚 mass murders of the Sixties is a shattering voyage into the jungle of human nature.


3. 99 91热爆s

Director:听 Ramin Bahrani

Starring:听 Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Noah Lomax.

Andrew Garfield leaves Spider-Man far behind in this timely, gut-twisting tale of the U.S. real estate crisis

4. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

Director:听 Roy Andersson

Starring:听 Holger Andersson, Nils Westblom, Charlotta Larsson, Viktor Gyllenberg.

Roy Andersson's series of comic sketches may be untranslatable cinema, but Robbie thinks it's heaven!

Shaun Escoffery

Shaun Escoffery

Championed by the likes of Elton John and Trevor Nelson, Shaun Escoffery has been hailed as one of Britain's brightest talents when he arrived on the R&B scene in 2002. He went on to perform in a string of musicals including 鈥淪mokey Joe鈥檚 Caf茅鈥, 鈥淧arade鈥 and 鈥淭he Lion King鈥.听 But he has just released his fourth album 鈥淚n The Red Room鈥 and his first single from that 鈥淣ature鈥檚 Call鈥 went straight onto the Radio 2 Playlist.

Shaun Escoffery's album "In The Red Room" is out now.

Raj And Pablo

Raj And Pablo

Raj and Pablo from the 91热爆 Asian Nework went to see the Dreamworks Blockbuster "The 100 Foot Journey" starring Dame Helen Mirren and Om Puri and they tell Claudia all about it.

Raj and Pablo and 鈥淭he 100 Foot Journey鈥 which is out now...And you can hear more from The Boys at the weekend on the 91热爆 Asian Network Saturday and Sundays mornings from ten to one.

Alex Heminsley with the book review

Alex Heminsley with the book review

1) FICTION 鈥 鈥淯S鈥 by David Nicholls

In his hugely popular novel One Day, David Nicholls explored the search for a soulmate through the long-drawn-out love affair between Em and Dex. Five years on, Nicholls is set to take on "the bond of marriage and the demands of parenthood" in his long-awaited new novel Us.

2) NON-FICTION 鈥 鈥淕IN, GLORIOUS GIN (How Mother鈥檚 Ruin Became The Spirit of London)鈥 by Olivia Williams

Gin Glorious Gin is a vibrant cultural history of London seen through the prism of its most iconic drink. Leading the reader through the underbelly of the Georgian city via the Gin Craze, detouring through the Empire (with a G&T in hand), to the emergence of cocktail bars in the West End, the story is brought right up to date with the resurgence of class in a glass - the Ginnaissance.
As gin has crossed paths with Londoners of all classes and professions over the past three hundred years


3)听 ALEX'S PICK 鈥 鈥淭he Most of Nora Ephron鈥 by Nora Ephron with introduction by India Knight.

Nora Ephron's brilliantly funny writing paved the way for female wits like Lena Dunham and Tina Fey. Here is a comprehensive anthology of Nora Ephron' writings on journalism, feminism, and being a woman; on the importance of food (including of course her favourite recipes), and on the bittersweet reality of growing old. As well as many personal pieces from the writer who always sounded like your ideal BFF, this collection includes extracts from her bestselling novel Heartburn, written in the wake of her devastating divorce from Carl Bernstein, and from her hilarious screenplay for the movie When Harry Met Sally.

Broadcast

  • Fri 5 Sep 2014 22:00