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Black Work, Robert Wilson, Mayas Exhibition, Manda Scott

Arts news, including TV drama Black Work, Robert Wilson on Krapp's Last Tape, the Mayas Exhibition in Liverpool, and Manda Scott on her latest novel featuring Joan of Arc.

Black Work is ITV's new crime drama and stars Sheridan Smith as a female PC whose detective husband is murdered. Crime writer Denise Mina reviews.

Samira talks to the veteran avant-garde director and visual artist Robert Wilson who is bringing his highly stylized production of 'Krapp's Last Tape' to the Barbican's International Beckett Season. Wilson not only directs and designs, he plays Krapp, too, in a solo tour-de-force performance.

Mayas: Revelation of an Endless Time is a new exhibition at Liverpool's World Museum which explores the 2500 years of Maya history through 385 objects. It's part of the cultural calendar to mark 2015's Dual Year of Mexico in the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom in Mexico. Dr Amy Fuller, a lecturer in the History of the Americas reviews.

Manda Scott's latest novel, Into The Fire, is set in 15th century and 21st century France and has Joan of Arc at its heart. Manda discusses her fascination with her heroine, and how she was so much more than a standard bearing peasant girl.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Rebecca Armstrong.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Black Work

    Duration: 04:33

  • Robert Wilson

    Duration: 08:06

  • Mayas Exhibition

    Duration: 05:24

  • Manda Scott

    Duration: 09:15

Black Work

Black Work

Black Work begins on ITV on Sunday 21 June at 9pm.


Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson: Krapp's Last Tape is at the Barbican Centre in London from 19 June to 21 June 2015.

Photocredit: Lucie Jansch

Mayas: revelation of an endless time

Mayas: revelation of an endless time

Mayas: revelation of an endless time is at the World Museums in Liverpool from 19 June to 18 October 2015.

Image: Ceramic crocodile panel Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes - Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Image by Ignacio Guevara. 

Manda Scott

Manda Scott

Into the Fire by Manda Scott is out now  


Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest Denise Mina
Interviewed Guest Robert Wilson
Interviewed Guest Amy Fuller
Interviewed Guest Manda Scott
Producer Rebecca Armstrong

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  • Thu 18 Jun 2015 19:15

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