Wilko Johnson, Romeo and Juliet review, Walter de Maria
With guitarist Wilko Johnson talking about surviving terminal cancer, Kenneth Branagh's Romeo and Juliet reviewed and the first UK solo show of American artist Walter De Maria.
Wilko Johnson, the former Dr Feelgood guitarist and songwriter, was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2013. In his new book, Don't You Leave Me Here: My Life, he takes stock of his life following an 11-hour, life-saving operation and looks forward to a future he wasn't expecting. Wilko Johnson discusses his extraordinary and unexpected change of fortune.
Kenneth Branagh's latest play in his year-long season at the Garrick Theatre is Romeo and Juliet. Lily James and Richard Madden star as the eponymous lovers, with Derek Jacobi as Mercutio and Meera Syal as the Nurse. Susannah Clapp reviews.
The late American artist Walter De Maria is best known for his large-scale works, including The Lightning Field, a grid of 400 stainless steel poles in the New Mexico desert, and The Vertical Earth Kilometer, a brass rod that extends 1 kilometre into the ground in the German city of Kassel. John Wilson talks to De Maria's assistant and former studio manager Elizabeth Childress and curator Kara Vander Weg about the artist's first solo exhibition in the UK.
Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Rachel Simpson.
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Wilko Johnson
Duration: 14:05
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Romeo and Juliet reviewed by Susannah Clapp
Duration: 04:24
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Walter De Maria
Duration: 08:29
Wilko Johnson
Image credit: David Burke
Romeo and Juliet
Image credit: Johan Persson.
Walter De Maria
Image credit: Jerome Weatherald
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | John Wilson |
| Interviewed Guest | Wilko Johnson |
| Interviewed Guest | Susannah Clapp |
| Interviewed Guest | Elizabeth Childress |
| Producer | Rachel Simpson |
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- Thu 26 May 2016 19:15BBC Radio 4
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