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Matt Forde's Political Party

Show 166 - James Graham

Matt Forde's Political Party

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4.72.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Our foremost political playwright and screenwriter joins Matt for a brilliant discussion about creating theatre and film out of politics. Do his shows reflect his own politics? Does he try to be balanced? Why, in This House, choose to write a play about a minority government and the challenges it faced? It's also a discussion about the role of James' background on his art and why growing up in a Nottinghamshire coal mining community shaped the things that he values in politics. Oh, and a bit about having Benedict Cumberbatch play Dominic Cummings... Follow James on Twitter here: @mrJamesGraham Watch 'This House' for free on the National Theatre's YouTube channel from 7pm on Thursday 28 May: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUDq1XzCY0NIOYVJvEMQjqw Follow Matt on Twitter: @mattforde For the latest UK Government advice on coronavirus go to: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus *** IMPORTANT TOUR UPDATE *** NEW REARRANGED DATES INCLUDE: 2 October - Corby Cube 4 October - Brighton Komedia 9 October - Chorley Little Theatre 18 October - Leeds Hyde Park Book Club 25 October - Newcastle Stand 3 November - Camberley Theatre 13 November - Alnwick Playhouse 15 November - York Crescent 19 November - Cardiff Sherman Theatre 29 November - Glasgow Stand 3 December - Southend Dixon Studio 6 December - Sheffield Leadmill

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party. Hello and welcome to the political party. Today's guest is James Graham, screen

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right and play right. Creators are some of the best political dramas on stage and on screen

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have the last few years. Creators of this house and the labour of love which I was looking

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up to see in the West End and Brexit and on Civil War which is now available on Netflix.

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He's got a brilliant knack for turning contentious political moments into brilliant dramas.

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And I think I'd certainly want some mastery. I hope yours if you listen to this otherwise

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have also you consuming this and making them fair and making them feel reasonable even

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when dealing with things like Brexit and people like Dominic Cummings who we talk about.

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Now this was recorded just before Dominic Cummings sat on a trestle table in the garden and

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