Front Row - Ralph Fiennes on Four Quartets, Songlines exhibition, art postcard from Plymouth
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‘A spiritual enquiry into what it is to be human’ is how Ralph Fiennes describes T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. On the eve of the opening in the West End he tells presenter Elle Osili-Wood about his stage presentation and his relationship with the poems.
An exhibition that was a smash hit in Australia has come to Plymouth. “Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters” explores the ancient stories of Indigenous Australians through more than 300 works of art. Senior curator Margo Neale explains the meaning of the Seven Sisters Dreaming stories, that are central to the exhibition.
Plus BBC Devon presenter Sarah Gosling takes us to the south coast and to Plymouth, where this Friday hip hop takes over the city thanks to Roots Up festival, as part of the Mayflower 400 anniversary celebrations. We also hear about grassroots theatre, comedy, and the thriving music scene which is pulling creatives to the south west from across the country.
PRESENTER: Elle Osili-Wood
PRODUCER: Julian May
PHOTO: Ralph Fiennes on stage in Four Quartets
PHOTO CREDIT: Matt Humphrey
Published on Wednesday, 17th November 2021.
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