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Damian Lewis, Laurie Anderson, Ayad Akhtar

Damian Lewis on why we should watch Billions, artist Laurie Anderson on dogs and drone, and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Ayad Akhtar on his new play The Invisible.

Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Ayad Akhtar talks about money, culture and religion in his new play The Invisible Hand. We hear news from the Cannes film festival and we find out what Shakespeare means to South Africa. Damian Lewis tells us why we should be watching Billions and novelist Leye Adenle reports on the Nigerian literary scene. Performance artist Laurie Anderson discusses dogs and drone sounds and we find out why musical repetition is so appealing.

(Photo shows: Damian Lewis (c) Ethan Miller/Getty, Laurie Anderson (c) Andrew Toth/Getty, Ayad Akhtar (c) 91热爆)

50 minutes

Last on

Tue 24 May 2016 01:06GMT

Chapters

  • Cannes Film Festival

    Film critic, Lisa Nesselson bring us news from the festival

    Duration: 08:33

  • Shakespeare in South Africa

    Writer Nadia Davids talks to South Africans about what Shakespeare means today

    Duration: 05:24

  • Ayad Akhtar

    The Pakistani American actor, screenwriter, novelist and playwright discusses his play

    Duration: 05:54

  • Turner Prize Shortlist

    Will Gompetz sums up the shortlist for this year's Turner Prize

    Duration: 03:07

  • Damian Lewis

    The British actor discusses his new American series, Billions

    Duration: 05:19

  • Postcard from Lagos

    Leye Adenie sends a literary postcard from Lagos

    Duration: 04:11

  • Laurie Anderson

    Performance artist, composer and musician discusses her latest work inspired by dogs

    Duration: 08:31

  • Repetition

    Tom Service finds out why repetition is hard wired into our musical brains

    Duration: 04:50

Broadcasts

  • Sun 22 May 2016 14:06GMT
  • Mon 23 May 2016 08:06GMT
  • Mon 23 May 2016 23:06GMT
  • Tue 24 May 2016 01:06GMT