Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Penny meets Steve Lazarides who brought Banksy to fame

Penny meets gallerist Steve Lazarides who made cult artist Banksy into a household name, plus prize-winning artist Haroon Mirza and novelist William Nicholson.

Penny meets prize-winning artist Haroon Mirza. Using a range of objects and elements including used furniture, and outdated electric appliances, Haroon creates complex audio installations which investigate the moment where noise becomes music for his new show in London.

Gallerist Steve Lazarides who made cult artist Banksy into a household name is opening a mammoth exhibition in The Old Vic Tunnels called 'The Minotaur'. Artists have been invited to take their inspiration from the ancient Greek legend, The Minotaur and create their individually stunning labyrinthine installations. Last year was Lazarides' first show in The Old Vic Tunnels, 'Hell's Half Acre' which had over 12,000 attendees over 7 days.

Author William Nicholson discusses his new novel The Golden Hour; a Sussex-set tale of unrequited love, midlife crises, petty bureaucracy and troublesome rabbits. In a varied career William's written five other novels and two trilogies of fantasy novels. He's also written and adapted five plays for the theatre and worked on the screenplay for over a dozen films, for which he has been Oscar nominated twice for Shadowlands and Gladiator.

Plus Charles Gant reviews this week's film releases, and critic Baylen Leonard has a round-up of exhibitions, plays and artistic events to see in the autumn and winter.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Livin' Thing

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.
  • Chris Farlowe

    Out Of Time

    • 99p Guarantees You 73 Minutes 22 Seconds Of Great Music!!! (Various Artists).
    • See For Miles.
    • 2.
  • The Big Impact Music

    • Zero 7

      Futures Instrumental

  • Mary Chapin Carpenter

    Passionate Kisses

    • Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come.
    • Columbia.
  • Richard Hawley

    Tonight The Streets Are Ours

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute.
  • The Beatles

    Get Back (feat. Billy Preston)

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 022.
  • New Musik

    Living By Numbers

    • Hits Of The 80's - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.
  • Glen Campbell

    Any Trouble

    • Ghost On The Canvas.
    • Surfdog.
    • 1.
  • The Farmer's Boys

    In The Country

  • Kina Grannis

    The One You Say Goodnight To

  • The Kooks

    She Moves In Her Own Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Joss Stone

    Somehow

    • (CD Single).
    • Stoned Records.
    • 1.
  • Alice Cooper

    Only Women Bleed

    • The Definitive Alice Cooper.
    • Rhino.

Broadcast

  • Fri 14 Oct 2011 22:00