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Anne Sofie von Otter, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Burning Man Temple in Derry, Boxing on Stage

Swedish soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, Tina Fey's new comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Nevada's Burning Man festival temple comes to Derry and the art of boxing on stage.

Swedish soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, who is starring in Kurt Weill's 1930 opera The Rise and Fall of Mahagonny and has just won a Grammy for her recording of French cabaret songs, talks to Kirsty Lang.

Tina Fey's new comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is reviewed by Heat Magazine's TV Editor Boyd Hilton.

As the man behind Nevada's Burning Man festival temple, David Best, creates one of his temples for the city of Derry/Londonderry, Front Row speaks to the artist and Helen Marriage, the Director of Artichoke who commissioned the work.

And actors come out fighting as two plays set in the world of boxing open this month - the Royale is about the African American boxer Jack Johnson and No Heart, No Guts, No Glory follows young Muslim women in Bradford who take up boxing to challenge prejudice. Madani Younis, director of The Royale, and Aisha Zia, writer of No Guts, No Heart, No Glory, discuss the challenges of boxing on stage and how the metaphor of the fight works as theatre.

Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Ella-mai Robey.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Anne Sofie von Otter

    Duration: 08:32

  • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

    Duration: 04:14

  • Burning Man Temple in Derry

    Duration: 06:02

  • Boxing on Stage

    Duration: 08:48

Anne Sofie von Otter

Anne Sofie von Otter

's聽Douce France is out now, as is her Terezin / Theresienstadt CD and Speak Low (Kurt Weill). Her聽10 Classic Albums boxset will be available from 6 April 聽2015.

will be showing at the Royal Opera House in London from 10 March until 4 April 2015聽and screened live into cinemas on 1 April.

Image: 漏 Mats Backer. Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon.聽

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

The first series of is available to watch on Netflix now.

Image: Tituss Burgess and Ellie Kemper. Photo credit Eric Liebowitz / Netflix.

No Guts, No Heart, No Glory

No Guts, No Heart, No Glory

is showing at the Queen Elizabeth Hall聽in London as part of Southbank Centre's聽聽WOW - Women of the World Festival supported by Bloomberg.聽

Image above: Nayab Din, Freyaa Ali, Seherish Mahmood, Saira Tabasum, Mariam Rashid Photo credit: Sophie Gerrard

Image left: Mariam Rashid, Seherish Mahmood, Freyaa Ali, Shifaa Arfan. Photo credit: 聽Christopher Nunn)

The Royale

The Royale

is showing at the Bush Theatre in London from 13 March until 18 April 2015.聽

Image:聽 Nicholas Pinnock. Photo credit: Richard Davenport.


Temple

Temple

, in Derry/Londonderry opens to the public on Saturday 14 March and will be burned on the Saturday 21 March 2015.

Image: Temple being constructed in聽Corrody Road Country聽Park.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest Anne Sofie von Otter
Interviewed Guest Boyd Hilton
Interviewed Guest David Best
Interviewed Guest Helen Marriage
Interviewed Guest Madani Younis
Interviewed Guest Aisha Zia
Producer Ella-mai Robey

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  • Fri 6 Mar 2015 19:16

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