Lorna May Wadsworth, Marriage Story, My Mother Said I Never Should, I Feel Pretty
Celebrated portraitist Lorna May Wadsworth talks about "Gaze," a retrospective of her work at Sheffield's Graves Gallery and Simran Hans reviews Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story
Portrait painter Lorna May Wadsworth has forged a remarkable career with subjects including David Tennant, Michael Sheen, David Blunkett and Baroness Thatcher. As a major retrospective of her work - Gaze - opens at the Graves Gallery in her home town of Sheffield, Lorna May Wadsworth talks about the importance to her of the 鈥渇emale gaze."
Marriage Story is the new film from director Noah Baumbach, well known for relationship dramas like The Squid and the Whale and Greenberg. Starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, it鈥檚 a comedy telling the story of the disintegration of a marriage. Simran Hans reviews.
Charlotte Keatley鈥檚 1987 play My Mother Said I Never Should tells the stories of four generations of women, spanning the 20th century. The play is performed all over the world and has been translated into 32 languages. The most recent is British Sign Language, for a production in Sheffield with a cast of three deaf actresses and one hearing. Samira is joined by director Jeni Draper and actress Lisa Kelly.
A production of West Side Story is due to open on Broadway without one of the most popular numbers in the show. I Feel Pretty has been dropped by the controversial director Ivo van Hove. How will audiences react to the loss and is it part of a wider movement of reinterpreting classic musicals? Samira talks to critic Matt Wolf.
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Hilary Dunn
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Lorna May Wadsworth
is at Graves Gallery, Sheffield and听a study for her work Last Supper is at听Sheffield Catherdral, both听until 15 February 2020. Portraits of Dickie Bird, her paintings of听the Yorkshire sporting legend are at , Barnsley from 28 November 2019 - 15 February 2020.
Images:
Main image above: with her painting Last Supper
Imager to the left: The Book of Gaiman听 (The Bog Oak Portrait) 2017 Front by Lorna ~May Wadsworth
Images credit: (c) the artist
Marriage Story
Marriage Story is out on limited release from 15 November 2019, certificate 15, and is available to stream on Netflix from 06 December 2019.听
Image: Scarlett Johansson (Left) and Adam Driver听 in Marriage Story
Image credit: Wilson Webb/Netflix
My Mother Said I Never Should
is at the Studio Theatre, Sheffield Theatres until 23 November 2017.
Image: from Left: Jude Mahon, Ali Briggs, EJ Raymond and Lisa Kelly in My Mother Said I Never Should
Image credit: Mark Douet
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