Print and Radio Journalism
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Robert Wilson - Trailblazer
This edition of the BBC World Service documentary strand, Close-Up, focused on the work of pioneering American theatre director Robert Wilson. Presenter Harriet Gilbert interviewed Wilson himself. I reported from the launch party of his redeveloped Watermill Centre on Long Island, speaking with artists inspired by Wilson, among them actress Isabella Rosselini and songwriter Lou Reed.
David Byrne sings for Imelda Marcos
David Byrne keeps a small black diary on his bookcase, with ‘DB – Idears’ written on the spine in gold ink. Somewhere inside there’s an opera about Imelda Marcos.
© 2009 Andrew Purcell. 