Front Row - Deesha Philyaw, Tristan Sharps, County Durham bid for City of Culture
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This year’s Brighton Festival has two guest directors for the first time in its history. One of them, Tristan Sharps, artistic director of Brighton based theatre company dreamthinkspeak, joins Elle to discuss the literary inspiration behind his immersive production, Unchain Me, and his collaboration with fellow guest director, Syrian architect Marwa Al-Sabouni.
Deesha Philyaw’s debut collection of short stories - The Secret Lives of Church Ladies - arrives in the UK garlanded with prizes including the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award, and the 2020 LA Times Book Prize for First Fiction. Deesha joins Front Row to discuss turning the lives of the black women she grew up with into art.
Philippa Goymer explores the various attractions of County Durham that it hopes will earn it the title of City of Culture.
Photo: Deesha Philyaw
Photo credit: Vanessa German
Published on Wednesday, 4th May 2022.
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