Timothy Spall, Picasso Museum, Maria Jo茫o Pires, Memphis
Arts news. Timothy Spall on playing Mr Turner in Mike Leigh's film, the Picasso Museum in Paris re-opens, acclaimed Portuguese pianist Maria Jo茫o Pires, and Memphis the musical.
Timothy Spall has brought JMW Turner to life in Mike Leigh's new film, Mr Turner - he tells Damian Barr how he did so, learning to paint like the master and using his own love of the sea.
The Picasso museum in Paris closed for renovation in 2009, and was scheduled to re-open two years later. But the work took four years longer than that, went over budget and culminated in the sacking of the museum's president. Waldemar Januszczak reviews the refurbishment.
Damian talks to the legendary Portuguese pianist Maria Jo茫o Pires, who at the age of seventy has recorded Beethoven's Piano Concertos for the first time.
And Memphis, the musical, arrives in the UK, starring Beverley Knight and Killian Donnelly. A story of music, race and America in the fifties, how well does it work on the London stage? Gaylene Gould reviews.
Presenter: Damian Barr
Producer: Sarah Johnson.
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Mr Turner
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is in cinemas from Friday 31 October, certificate 12A.
Picasso Museum
The in Paris reopens on Saturday 25 October 2014.
Maria Joao Pires
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Maria Joao Pires鈥� Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3 & 4 is out now and she will be performing at the in London on 27 and 28 October 2014.
Image: Photo credit: Felix Broede, Deutsche Grammophon
Memphis
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continues at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London and is currently booking until March 2015. 聽
Image: Killian Donnelly (Huey Calhoun) and Beverley Knight (Felicia Farrell). Photo credit Johan Persson.
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Role Contributor Presenter Damian Barr Interviewed Guest Timothy Spall Interviewed Guest Waldemar Januszczak Interviewed Guest Maria Pires Interviewed Guest Gaylene Gould Producer Sarah Johnson Broadcast
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