Arena Tuesday 1 April 2014

coming up on Tuesday's show.....a roller-coaster ride through life on the road in "Trucker" by Shenoah Allen at the Dublin Fringe Festival, Jim Carroll's guide to the history of record labels focuses tonight on Sub Pop, "David Bowie: A Life" by Dylan Jones reviewed and opera in cinema - what's available for Irish fans and does it work?

Arena

Daily arts and popular culture show

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Arts News

Alan Corr with the latest news from the arts world - the death of American DJ Frankie Knuckles, Catherine Deneuve's criticism of Gerard Depardieu for abandoning France for tax reasons and the first Creative Arts scholarship to be offered in NUI Galway

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arts news, alan corr, DJ, France, arts scholarship, galway

Author interview

Anita Shreve, author of "The Lives Of Stella Bain", published by Little Brown

Official website at www.anitashreve.com

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anita shreve, stella bain, first world war

The Bible on film

As the film "Noah" starring Russell Crowe opens in cinemas and causes controversy, Chris Wasser takes a look at the various ways the bible has been depicted on film - from biblical epics like "Samson & Delilah" and "The Ten Commandments" to modern dramatic interpretations like "The Last Temptation Of Christ" and comic interpretations like "Bruce Almighty" and "The Life Of Brian"

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bible, film

Film Director interview

Swedish film director Lukas Moodysson talks about his latest film "We Are The Best" about 3 girls determined to start a punk band in the 1980's even though everybody tells them punk is dead

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Sweden, lukas moodysson, film, punk

Great composers

Bernard Clarke looks at the life and work of German composer Richard Wagner - an artist whose work seems to generate passion, admiration and fear in equal measure

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composer, wagner, germany, anti semitism

Music Played on the Show

Gmf (Radio Edit)

John Grant