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Booker Book Group with Chigozie Obioma, RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Kurt Weill's The Silver Lake

Booker Prize nominee Chigozie Obioma on his novel An Orchestra of Minorities. Director James Conway discusses The Silver Lake, Kurt Weill’s satirical opera banned by the Nazis.

Our latest Front Row Booker Prize Book Group puts its questions to shortlisted author Chigozie Obioma about his book An Orchestra of Minorities, the story of chicken farmer Chinonso whose aspirations lead him to leave Nigeria for Cyprus – a decision that brings momentous consequences.

Drag star Ginger Johnson reviews RuPaul's Drag Race UK on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Three. With contestants such as Baga Chipz and Sum Ting Wong, how does the drag reality competition compare to the multi-Emmy-award-winning US version?

Kurt Weill's The Silver Lake is about to tour the UK for the first time. English Touring Opera’s director James Conway discusses the satirical opera which was banned by the Nazis weeks after its first performance in 1933.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Edwina Pitman

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28 minutes

Chigozie Obioma

Chigozie Obioma
Chigozie Obioma
Photo credit: Scott Soderberg

An Orchestra Of Minorities is on the and is out now

Main image: Chigozie Obioma
Photo credit: Jason Keith

Ru Paul's Drag Race

Ru Paul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race
Photo credit: Guy Levy

RuPaul's Drag Race UK is available on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Three

The Silver Lake

The Silver Lake
Ronald Samm and 
David Webb
Photo credit: Richard Hubert Smith

is on tour until 15 Nov

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