Break Out Culture With Ed Vaizey by Country and Town House

Plus Kwame Kwei-Armah his and James Graham’s new plays at the Young Vic and Henry Faber on playing Chris Blackwell in Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical

We’re reading:

Pia’s World by Julia Peyton-Jones

We’re booking:

Best of Enemies by James Graham

The Young Vic

From 6 th December to 22 nd January

The Collaboration by Kwame Kwei-Armah

The Young Vic

From 16 th February to 2nd April

https://www.youngvic.org

Plus The glories of the renovated Courtauld gallery and a scary Christmas ghost story at Wilton’s Music Hall

We’re visiting:

Chris Levine: 158 Hz Love Frequency, a solo exhibition by Chris Levine at Houghton Hall

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays only from 4.30 till 9.00

Till 23rd December

https://www.houghtonhall.com

The Courtauld Gallery

https://courtauld.ac.uk

We’re booking;

The Child in the Snow by Piers Torday, based on Elizabeth Gaskell’s ghost story The Old Nurse’s Story

Wilton’s Music Hall

Till 31 st December

https://www.wiltons.org.uk

Produced by Audio Coast

We’re reading:

A Man of Honour by Barbara Taylor Bradford

We’re visiting:

Changing Lanes by David Yarrow at the Maddox Gallery, Westbourne Grove

Extended till January 5th 2022

https://maddoxgallery.com/exhibitions/98-david-yarrow-changing-lanes-november-19th-january-5th-2021/

Waddesdon Manor Christmas Fair

Wednesday till Sunday 12 to 7 Grounds

Till 23rd December, plus Monday and Tuesday 21st and 22nd

https://waddesdon.org.uk/whats-on/christmas-fair/

Plus Fragonard’s The Swing restored and introducing Inque, a new concept in magazines

We’re reading:

Lily by Rose Tremain

We’re visiting:

The Wallace Collection, Manchester Square

www.wallacecollection.org

Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s The Swing

Permanent Collection

Jean Hals: The Male Portrait

Till January 30th 2022

And booking:

Meet the Expert:  The Fragonard Project 18th November at 13.00

https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/meet-the-expert-the-fragonard-project/

Swing Time: Serendipitous Conversations about the Rococo: Identity

22nd November at 19.00

https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/swing-time-serendipitous-conversations-about-the-rococo-identity/

Swing Time:  Serendipitous Conversations about the Rococo: Fashion

29th November at 19.00

https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/swing-time-serendipitous-conversations-about-the-rococo-fashion/

Introducing… Fragonard and The Swing

1st and 2nd December 18.00 to 20.00

https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/introducing-fragonard-and-the-swing/

We’re subscribing to:

The first edition of Inque

www.inquemag.com

Produced by Audio Coast

Plus Matthew Bourne on Patrick Hamilton, the inspiration for his ballet The Midnight Bell and Christmas favourite Nutcracker!

We’re reading:

The King and the Christmas Tree by A.N. Wilson

We’re booking:

Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell

https://new-adventures.net/the-midnight-bell#overview

Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry 10 th – 13 th November

Eden Court, Inverness 18 th – 20 th November

Theatre Royal, Bath 23 rd – 27 th November

Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker!

https://new-adventures.net/nutcracker#overview

Theatre Royal, Plymouth 15 th – 20 th November

The Lowry, Salford 23 rd November – 4 th December

Sadler’s Wells, London 7 th December – 30 th January

Then touring to Birstol, Birmingham, Milton Keynes, Glasgow, Liverpool , Canterbury,

Cardiff, Southampton, Newcastle, Nottinghm and Woking till 23rd April 2022

Produced by Audio Coast

On the podcast with Ed and Charlotte:

DAVID CICLITIRA : Co-Founder of StART Fair

JENNIFER GUERRINIA MARALDI of JGM Gallery

PHILIPP HUMM, artist

MARK SLOPER aka ILLUMINATI NEON, artist

Anush Hovannisyan on playing Violetta in La Traviata and Stewart Collins tells us about this week’s Petworth Literary Festival

We’re reading:

The King and the Christmas Tree by A.N. Wilson

We’re going to:

The 2021 Petworth Festival Literary Week

Until 7th November

Jeffrey Archer on Sunday 31st October 5.30 p.m. Seaford College

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon on Sunday 31st October 8 p.m. St. Mary’s Church

Isabel Hardman on Wednesday 3rd November 5 p.m. St. Mary’s Church

Joan Bakewell on Thursday 4th November at 7.30 p.m. St. Mary’s Church

Sebastian Faulks on Saturday 6th November at 2.30 p.m. St. Mary’s Church

Jonathan Aitken on Sunday 7th November at 3 p.m. St. Mary’s Church

Max Egremont on Sunday 7th November at 6 p.m. St. Mary’s Church

ALL AVAILABLE TO STREAM ONLINE

https://www.petworthfestival.org.uk

We’re booking:

Richard Eyre’s La Traviata at The Royal Opera House

Until 18th April 2022

Anush Hovhannisyan will perform Violetta on the 13th, 15th and 17th November

https://www.roh.org.uk

La Traviata will be broadcast to Radio 3 audiences on Christmas Day and broadcast in cinemas on 13 April.

Produced by Audio Coast

Patrick Hughes on his new exhibition as he celebrates his 82nd birthday and Andrew Roberts turns our assumptions about George III on their heads.

We’re reading:

George III : The Life and Reign of Britain’s Most Misunderstood Monarch by Andrew Roberts

www.andrew-roberts.net

We’re going to:

Paintings by  Patrick Hughes ‘The Perspective Paradox’

The Hang-Up Gallery, Hoxton

29th October to 16th December

Q & A with Rosie Millard 25th November 2021

www.hanguppictures.com

Edited and Produced by Audio Coast

Plus Cliveden Literary Festival and The Affordable Art Fair

We’re booking:

The Mirror and the Light

Gielgud Theatre till 23 rd January

https://themirrorandthelight.co.uk

We’re going to:

The Cliveden Literary Festival

Saturday 23 rd and Sunday 24 th October

https://clivedenliteraryfestival.org

The Affordable Art Fair

Battersea Park

21 st to 24 th October

https://affordableartfair.com

With thanks to:

Martin Miller’s Gin : https://www.martinmillersgin.com

Listeners can claim their 10% discount (up to the value of £6) by using the code breakout2021 at

checkout. This will be applied to any 70cl bottle of qualifying Martin Miller's lines - the original,

Westbourne Strength, Summerful Gin, Winterful Gin, and 35cl 9 Moons Special Cask Reserve -

purchased on www.masterofmalt.com website only. Valid until 31 October 2021 or while limited

promotional stock lasts. Not applicable in conjunction with any other offer. 18+ and subject to

Master of Malt’s standard consumer terms of business.

Produced and Edited by Audio Coast

Plus the 2021 Cheltenham Literary Festival, StART Fair at Saatchi Gallery and felt artist Lucy Sparrow.

We’re reading:

Every Leaf a Hallelujah by Ben Okri, illustrated by Diana Ejaita

We’re visiting:

The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival

8th to 17th October

https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/

StART Fair

13th to 17th October

Saatchi Gallery, London

https://startartfair.com

With thanks to:

Martin Miller’s Gin : https://www.martinmillersgin.com

Listeners can claim their 10% discount (up to the value of £6) by using the code breakout2021 at checkout.  This will be applied to any 70cl bottle of qualifying Martin Miller's lines - the original, Westbourne Strength, Summerful Gin, Winterful Gin, and 35cl 9 Moons Special Cask Reserve - purchased on www.masterofmalt.com website only. Valid until 31 October 2021 or while limited promotional stock lasts. Not applicable in conjunction with any other offer. 18+ and subject to Master of Malt’s standard consumer terms of business.

Edited and Produced by Audio Coast