Katori Hall; cinema after lockdown; documenting empty arts spaces
US playwright Katori Hall; cinema after lockdown; artists documenting empty arts space.
Katori Hall is a playwright from Memphis, Tennessee, whose story of a Southern strip club and the women who work in it has been adapted for television as a series called P-Valley - an 鈥渦nflinching and unapologetic look鈥 at the lives of women working at a Mississippi club called The Pynk.
Cinema after lockdown. The government鈥檚 recently announced 拢1.75bn rescue package for the arts is to be spread across the sector, but what is specifically required by the British film industry and cinemas? Why are many cinemas still closed, despite having permission to open from last Saturday? And how can they recover? We speak to Ben Roberts, Chief Executive at BFI, and to film critic Larushka Ivan- Zadeh.
Empty theatres, museums, and galleries: we speak to two artists examining the impact of coronavirus by documenting these deserted spaces. We鈥檙e joined by photographer Joanna Vestey, whose photographic series Custodians For Covid is fundraising for theatres under threat, and by artist Eloise Moody, who has produced a series of audio diaries with the caretakers of six museums and galleries across the UK.
Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Emma Wallace
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The P-Valley streams on Amazon Starzplay from 12 July
Main image: Katori Hall
Photo credit:聽Diane Zhao聽
Custodians for Covid
Photo credit: Graeme Bright, Building and聽
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