26 May 2005
Thursday 26 May 2005 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)
Writer John Banville talks to Paul Allen about his latest novel The Sea.
Programme Details
Rebecca Horn, sculptor, painter, poet and filmmaker - one of the most respected figures in contemporary art - is exhibiting in London for the first time in ten years. Bodylandscapes at the Hayward brings together work across all media from the start of Horn's career in the late 60s to the present day and includes new light and sound installations. Art critic Rachel Campbell Johnston takes measure.
Dublin writer John Banville, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Guardian Fiction Prize, and short listed for the Booker, talks about his eagerly awaited new novel The Sea .
Continuing the Dublin theme, there's a review of the Gate Theatre Dublin's production of Brian Friel's new play The Home Place , which is opening at the Comedy Theatre in London, starring Tom Courtney and Derbhle Crotty.
And Night Waves is starting a new series exploring the relationship that artists have with a single colour. Artist John Virtue meditates on the colour white.
Night Waves, live at 9.30pm here on BBC Radio 3.
Presenter: Paul Allen
Producer: Ian Willox
Additional Information:
1) The Sea by John Banville is published by Pan Macmillan
2) The Gate Dublin production of The Home Place opens at the Comedy Theatre on 25 May 2005
3) Rebecca Horn Bodylandscapes opens at the Hayward Gallery on 26 May 2005
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