Front Row - Andy Serkis and Louisa Harland on Ulster American, Panto and Gender Roles, Graphic Novels with Rachel Cooke and Ian Dunt
Tom Sutcliffe talks to Andy Serkis and Louisa Harland about Ulster American, a new play in which they star at Riverside Studios with Woody Harrelson.
It's panto season (oh no it isn't), a form that has always played with ideas of gender. Megan Lawton explores how this year's crop continue that tradition.
Plus Rachel Cooke and Ian Dunt choose their graphic novels of 2023, and we announce the winner of this year's First Graphic Novel Award.
Rachel's picks of the year:
Monica by Daniel Clowes
Roaming by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
Juliette by Camille Jourdy
Social Fiction by Chantal Montellier, translated by Geoffrey Brock
Ian's picks of the year:
The Lion and the Eagle by Garth Ennis and PJ Holden
Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha and Nicola Scott
Eight Billion Genies by Charles Soule and Ryan Browne
Producer: Eliane Glaser
Published on Tuesday, 12th December 2023.
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