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The reopening of the Hall for Cornwall, Paul McCartney on Eleanor Rigby and Booker Prize nominated author Nadifa Mohamed

Oct 27, 202142 min
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Front Row visits Truro to report on the re-opening of the Hall for Cornwall after a 3 year, £26million refurbishment. The new 1300 auditorium complements the granite of the old building, and the Cornish landscape. And the opening show – the world premiere of the Fisherman’s Friends musical, of course.

We hear from Matt Hemley, News Editor for The Stage, about the ongoing affect of Covid on theatre audiences.

Paul McCartney tell us how he wrote Eleanor Rigby.

And Nadifa Mohamed joins a group of Front Row listeners for our latest Booker Prize Book Group, discussing her novel The Fortune Men, about a racist miscarriage of justice in Cardiff's Tiger Bay in the 1950s.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Julian May

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