Podcasts Culture Front Row Costume designer Sandy Powell, playwright Chris Bush, Donatello sculptures at the V&A

Costume designer Sandy Powell, playwright Chris Bush, Donatello sculptures at the V&A

Published: Feb. 6, 2023, 8:19 p.m.

Sandy Powell is the first costume designer to receive a BAFTA Fellowship. She talks to Tom Sutcliffe about collaborating with directors Martin Scorsese and Todd Haynes and designing costumes for films including Velvet Goldmine and Shakespeare in Love.

Postponed the pandemic, and after a second run at the Crucible in Sheffield, the musical At the Sky\u2019s Edge at last reaches the National Theatre in London. Playwright Chris Bush tells Tom Sutcliffe about the new production of her love letter to Sheffield which, through the stories of the famous park Hill Estate, tells a history of modern Britain. \n \n\u2018The greatest sculptor of all time\u2019 is the claim as an exhibition of the work of Donatello is about to open at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Curator Peta Motture and art critic Jonathan Jones discuss how his creativity was a driving force of the Italian Renaissance.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe\nProducer: Julian May