Kim Cattrall on stage. Cornelia Parker. Brian Aldiss. Gwyneth Lewis
Mark Lawson reviews Kim Cattrall on stage as a fading film star and interviews artist Cornelia Parker and novelist Brian Aldiss. Cultural Exchange features the poet Gwyneth Lewis.
With Mark Lawson.
Kim Cattrall plays a fading Hollywood star in a new staging of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth. Marianne Elliott directs the play, which is set in the late 1950s in the American South. Sarah Churchwell reviews.
The artist Cornelia Parker is best known for installations involving the exploding of a garden shed, Tilda Swinton sleeping in a glass case and the wrapping of Rodin's The Kiss in a mile of string. She reflects on her latest exhibition, and a new book on her work.
For Cultural Exchange, Gwyneth Lewis - the inaugural Poet Laureate of Wales - chooses a dance routine from the Laurel and Hardy film Way Out West (1937).
Novelist Brian Aldiss discusses his final science fiction work Finches Of Mars, which he's published at the age of 87. He also reveals why he has been writing a short story every day for the last year and casts his mind back over a long career that included a brief stint as an erotic novelist.
Producer Nicki Paxman.
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The Poet chooses Laurel and Hardy's dance in Way Out West
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Sweet Bird of Youth
Sarah Churchwell reviews a new staging of Tennessee Williams' play, starring Kim Cattrall
Duration: 05:32
Cornelia Parker
Artist Cornelia Parker reflects on her latest exhibition, and a new book on her work
Duration: 09:35
Gwyneth Lewis - Cultural Exchange
Poet Gwyneth Lewis chooses a dance scene by Laurel and Hardy from 1937 film Way Out West
Duration: 05:01
Brian Aldiss
Novelist Brian Aldiss discusses his final science fiction work, Finches Of Mars
Duration: 08:34
Sweet Bird of Youth
is on at the Old Vic Theatre in London until 31st August.Cornelia Parker
-聽 her new show is at the Frith St Gallery in London until 27 July. Iwona Blazwick鈥檚 book, Cornelia Parker is out now in hardback.Brian Aldiss
-聽Finches of Mars is out now.Credits
Role Contributor Presenter Mark Lawson Interviewed Guest Cornelia Parker Interviewed Guest Brian Aldiss Interviewed Guest Gwyneth Lewis Producer Nicki Paxman Broadcast
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