Paradise, John Boyne, Stuart Semple
Kae Tempest on Paradise, their adaptation of Sophocles' Philoctetes. John Boyne on his new novel The Echo Chamber. Stuart Semple on his new art gallery, Giant, in Bournemouth.
Paradise opens at the Olivier auditorium of the National Theatre tomorrow. It's a new version of a play that had its premiere, and was acclaimed, in 409BC - Philoctetes by Sophocles. Just before the final preview begins, writer Kae Tempest tells Kirsty Lang why this ancient story of a wounded soldier, in constant pain, abandoned on an island, grips them today.
John Boyne鈥檚 new novel is a humorous and scathing takedown of the world of social media through the lens of a particularly grotesque family. He talks to Kirsty about how the Twitter backlash to one of his previous books inspired The Echo Chamber, and his new-found love of writing in a comic style.
GIANT, the largest artist led-space in the UK has opened in Bournemouth. Its director Stuart Semple joins us to discuss the inaugural exhibition, Big Medicine, and his hopes for the future of art in his hometown.
Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Hilary Dunn
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Main image: Lesley Sharp in听Paradise
Photo credit: Helen Murray
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