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MONDAY 1 DECEMBER
Presented by Mark Lawson
THEATRE SIGNING
From Mourning Becomes Electra to The Vagina Monologues via Hamlet, sign language interpreters Peter Llewellyn Jones and Hetty May Bailey explain to Mark Lawson the tricks of the trade including how to sign the tricky words.
Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill, Lyttleton Theatre at the National Theatre, London 28-29 Nov 2003, 1-4 Dec and 18 Dec 2003
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DISAPPROVING AUDIENCES
As the director of a production of Lucia di Lammermoor was booed this weekend, Catherine Hale from the Theatre Museum in London examines the history of audiences expressing their displeasure.
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WILBUR (WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF)
In Danish director Lone Scherfig's new comedy Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself) the eponymous hero faces failure time and again as he repeatedly attempts to commit suicide. Film critic Catherine Shoard discusses whether this film - from the director of the Dogme film Italian for Beginners - manages to make light of such dark material.
Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself) is at selected cinemas around the country from 5 December Certificate 15
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THE FAIRGROUND IN ART
Two recently opened exhibitions in Sheffield, Carousel, the Fairground and Circus in Art and Pleasurelands, explore the representation of the funfair in art. Bob Dickinson investigates the eternal attraction of the fairground.
Pleasurelands is at the Millennium Galleries, Sheffield until 18 Jan 2004 and Carousel is at the Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield until 7 Feb 2004
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LAW CHANGES
Mark Lawson talks to crime writer Mark Billingham on how judicial initiatives can become a particular problem for writers and how crime fiction is affected by the statue book.
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