Stephen Poliakoff
As playwright Stephen Poliakoff's first stage play for over a decade opens at the Almeida Theatre in London, Susannah Clapp joins Anne McElvoy for a first-night review.
Anne McElvoy will be talking to Anna Funder, the award winning author of 'Stasiland', about her first work of fiction, 'All that I Am', inspired by the true story of German exiles from the Nazi regime in the early 1930s.
Also in the programme, a review of 'Page One: Inside the New York Times', an American documentary film by Andrew Rossi, for which the director gained unprecedented access to the paper's newsroom.
As the UN celebrates the International Day of Democracy, Anne will be discussing whether we are living in a post-democracy with Colin Crouch and John Lloyd.
And a first night review of Stephen Poliakoff's first new play in over a decade, My City, which stars Tracey Ullman in the role of a once inspirational head teacher.
Producer: Estelle Doyle.