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Danny Boyle at Home, Simon Stephens, Lee Miller and Picasso

Arts news. Danny Boyle discusses new arts centre Home, Simon Stephens talks about his new play The Funfair, and Antony Penrose talks about the Lee Miller and Picasso show.

HOME is the new venue for film, theatre and the visual arts in Manchester. It brings together two former Manchester institutions - the Cornerhouse, so named because of its distinctive shape, and the Library Theatre which used to have its home in Manchester's Central library basement. Danny Boyle, filmmaker, theatre director, and now patron of Home, and Home's chief executive, Dave Moutrey, assess what this new 拢25 million arts centre brings to Manchester's cultural landscape.

Playwright Simon Stephens, best known for his adaption of Mark Haddon's novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, discusses his commission to write the inaugural play, The Funfair, for Manchester's newest dramatic stage - the main theatre at Home.

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night is a genre-defying mishmash of cinematic and popular culture references. This black and white Iranian vampire movie is also the debut of Iranian-American filmmaker, Ana Lily Amirpour. A big hit at last year's Sundance festival, it's just about to open in the UK. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh reviews.

'Lee Miller and Picasso' is a new exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, drawing on the thirty year friendship between the photographer and artist. The collection includes personal photographs and items from the Miller Archive. Antony Penrose - Miller's son - reflects on the compelling relationship between the two revealed by his mother's photography.

Presenter - John Wilson
Producer - Ekene Akalawu.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Danny Boyle at Home

    Duration: 08:54

  • Simon Stephens

    Duration: 08:10

  • A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night

    Duration: 04:06

  • Lee Miller and Picasso

    Duration: 06:30

HOME

HOME

Danny Boyle, a patron of the arts centre, officially opens today.

Image: 漏 Paul Karalius

The Funfair

The Funfair

is at HOME in Manchester until 13 June 2015.

Image: 漏 Graeme Cooper


A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night

聽is in cinemas from Friday 22 May, certificate 15.


Lee Miller and Picasso

Lee Miller and Picasso

is at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh from 23 May until 6 September 2015.

Image: Lee Miller - Pablo Picasso and Lee Miller after the liberation of Paris, Rue de Grand Augustins, Paris, France, 1944. 漏 Lee Miller Archives, England 2015. All rights reserved. 漏Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2015.


Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter John Wilson
Interviewed Guest Danny Boyle
Interviewed Guest Dave Moutrey
Interviewed Guest Simon Stephens
Interviewed Guest Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest Antony Penrose
Producer Ekene Akalawu

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  • Thu 21 May 2015 19:15

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