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Wild, TS Eliot poetry prize, Oppenheimer at the RSC and Barbara Hannigan

Kirsty Lang presents a review of Wild, the announcement of the TS Eliot poetry prize winner, Oppenheimer at the Royal Shakespeare Company and soprano Barbara Hannigan.

We review Reese Witherspoon's new film, Wild. Adapted from Cheryl Strayed's memoir by Nick Hornby, it's the story of Cheryl's 1,100 mile solo trek on the Pacific Crest Trail, to recover from recent catastrophic events in her life.

Director Angus Jackson and playwright Tom Morton-Smith discuss their new play, Oppenheimer, about 'the father of the atom bomb', J. Robert Oppenheimer. The play is set against the backdrop of hedonistic 1930s America, and explores the tension at the heart of the Manhattan Project.

Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan talks about the extraordinary leaps she is able to make with her voice and how she is taking on more and more conducting (often while singing).

Plus, we talk to judge Fiona Sampson about the David Harsent's collection Fire Songs which has won the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry 2014.

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  • Wild

    Duration: 04:40

Chapters

  • Wild

    Duration: 04:54

  • Oppenheimer

    Duration: 08:50

  • T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize

    Duration: 05:59

  • Barbara Hannigan

    Duration: 08:22

Wild

Wild

opens nationwide on Friday 16 January, certificate 15

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

听runs in the Swan Theatre from Thursday 15 January until Saturday 7 March 2015

Barbara Hannigan

Barbara Hannigan

Barbara Hannigan performs with Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra at the 听on听Wednesday 15th听January.听

She performs in the world premiere of Accused, Magnus Lindberg鈥檚 first work for solo voice and orchestra with the London Philharmonic at the on 28th January.听

On 12th February she performs Dutilleux鈥檚 Correspondances and 'La Princesse' in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortil猫ges also at the

And her performance in 听is out on DVD now.听

Photo credit:听Raphael Brand


2014 T S Eliot Prize

2014 T S Eliot Prize

The winner of this year鈥檚 is for his collection of poetry Fire Songs.

The shortlisted poets:听

Fiona Benson -听Bright Travellers听(Jonathan Cape)
John Burnside -听All One Breath听(Jonathan Cape)
Louise Gl眉ck -听Faithful and Virtuous Night听(Carcanet)
David Harsent -听Fire Songs听(Faber)
Michael Longley -听听The Stairwell听(Jonathan Cape)
Ruth Padel -听Learning to Make an Oud in Nazareth听(Chatto & Windus)
Pascale Petit -听Fauverie听(Seren)
Kevin Powers -听Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting听(Sceptre)
Arundhathi Subramaniam -听When God is a Traveller听(Bloodaxe)
Hugo Williams -听I Knew the Bride听(Faber)


Credits

Presenter Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest Jenny McCartney
Interviewed Guest Angus Jackson
Interviewed Guest Tom Morton-Smith
Interviewed Guest Barbara Hannigan
Interviewed Guest Fiona Sampson
Producer Dymphna Flynn

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