Wonder.land, Grandma, Nureyev, Adam Roberts, V&A Europe Galleries
The week's cultural highlights, including a look at wonder.land, Grandma, Nureyev, Adam Roberts and the Victoria and Albert Museum Europe Galleries.
www.Wonder.land is Damon Albarn's re-imagining of Lewis Carol's tales of Alice, the White rabbit et al, transferred from The Manchester International Festival to London's National Theatre.
Lily Tomlin plays the feisty Grandma who has to help her granddaughter find the money needed for an abortion
Nureyev - Dance to Freedom, is a 91Èȱ¬4 drama-documentary which tells the story of the famous dancer's dramatic defection to The West in 1961
Adam Roberts' novel The Thing Itself deals with Emmanuel Kant, the search for extra-terrestrial life, time-hopping and so much more
London's V+A Museum has reopened refurbished European Galleries. With an embarrassment of riches from which to choose, how have they updated the display?
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are John Tusa, Louise Doughty and Lynn Nead. The producer is Oliver Jones.
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EXHIBITION: V&A Europe Galleries
Image credit:  © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
FILM: Grandma (15)
THEATRE: wonder.land
Main image credit: The company of wonder.land. Photographer: Brinkhoff Mögenburg
Image credit: Joshua Lacey as White Rabbit.  Photographer: Brinkhoff Mögenburg
BOOK: The Thing Itself by Adam Roberts (Orion/Gollancz)
TV: Rudolf Nureyev – Dance to Freedom
Image credit: Artem Ovcharenko as Rudolf Nureyev.  ©91Èȱ¬
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Tom Sutcliffe |
Interviewed Guest | John Tusa |
Interviewed Guest | Louise Doughty |
Interviewed Guest | Lynn Nead |
Producer | Oliver Jones |
Broadcast
- Sat 12 Dec 2015 19:1591Èȱ¬ Radio 4
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