1st conspires to take your breath away. and christopher king alias mr plant and graces the natural world in his arms like in this latest installation treehouse in and see you in france. well back when it was published in 1985 margaret atwood's novel the handmaid's tale was critically acclaimed but considered by many to be a bit farfetched the main character offered is one of a cast of scarlet clad handmaids forced to be breeding machines in the patriarchal dystopia of gilliatt will fast forward to 2017 and the novel had a veritable 2nd coming as a t.v. series but also as a symbol of resistance to my sergeant's trompe and politics and that's one reason the long awaited sequel has finally arrived. and my swearing the

iconic red cloaks and want to head peace is familiar from the t.v. series and subsequent political protests appeared in the streets of london ahead of margaret and towards night as book crunch fans say the book is more relevant than ever in some ways it's becoming a worse place with them particularly in the night sky. and so this is very current and very relevant very necessary it wasn't just that me it was a horror but instead of 8 minutes to read an x. and then type feel where every time every word that she writes and she genuinely genuinely changed my life. thanks to stressed as hand by evoked good fictional state of giving out handing out oranges and repeating well known catchphrases from the novel. through this guy the canadian only attended the launch and gave a midnight reading from the long awaited sequel at a press conference she had this to sign about the world of gilliatt.

is the. world let's hope so. although it's never enough for the people that are running things and those insiders think the system for what they were doing before. there. was your problem. first see for years the waiting is. reading can begin. relevant has every as the reading can begin here it is the testaments a novel that super hyped kennedy from our culture desk has joined me to talk about it now adrian this is the literary event of the year very much on a scale with almost a harry potter book launch yes it says it's very exciting and unprecedented for mystery books no. and in many midnight book launches like the one we saw in the

report cross the u.k. similar events in the u.s. and in canada and margaret atwood will appear at an event at the national theatre in london which will be life streamed to $1000.00 movie theaters across the globe amazing at would very much the rock star of canadian literature at almost 80 years old at 34 years is a long time to wait for a sequel can you tell us why this is coming now yes it's a bit of a long story but the original book of course was a literary success nominated for the booker prize but it remained a literary classic and didn't really breakthrough into the mainstream until just 2 years ago. but then of course it came on with a vengeance it's literally become a cultural phenomenon that's why the hulu t.v. series that one might take starring. mos as offer it was world wide success that hits screens just after dawn clumped can use president and was in tip interpreted

by many by millennial inspired new young fans as a warning that a liberal society could quite easily start to slip back into totalitarianism now the 1st series was based on the original book the 2nd series though atwood allowed a team of writers to develop the story so one reason that were just written sequel is to reclaim the story now she also says she's watching it too because of the kurtz hailing of women's rights in trump's america of course the iconic look of the hand made has been used by women's rights protesters across the globe which margaret atwood spoke about at her press conference let's see what she had to say. we. know.

we can. know. right away. not typically humorous not to the political side but she also says that she wrote this book to answer many of the questions that were asked of her over the years by fans of delhi at what answers do we get and does this follow the t.v. series the tall well we don't want to give too much weight i can tell you that the action of the new book takes place 15 years after the final ambiguous scene in the hand mights tale when it was uncertain whether she was being liberated or imprisoned that's right and i can also tell you that the new book is told from perspective of 3 wright says none of which is offered that might disappoint some people one of them is the notoriously sadistic. 2 trains that and my stew terrifying both terrifying figure the other 2 are young women acting us who

has grown up in the totalitarian system and daisy who lives in neighboring canada and to protests against human rights abuses in gilliatt now according to the initial reviews and the book a price jory it's already big nominates only for short list a short listed in the book a prize they say that it's a real page turner it has many breath taking turns and twists so it's sad definitely time to get a star rating i can attest a lot of a lot of a typical at woody and humor in the take home message of this of course adrian has read the books 1st across i think it's for that book uprising thank you very much for coming in to tell us about the testaments russia. well now to a dance company that dates back to 1609 when it was actually the court ballet of the duke's a vote the stock got a modern company was formed in the early 1960 s. and from its infancy it was praised for its boundary pushing style well now it has teamed up with 3 renowned choreographers for an evening that has earned its title

breathtaking. and even ing of the ne and 3 pods is rarely choreography its economy has created a unique dance. didn't it. fellow choreographer swedish $100.00 places the dances around the wall. and akram khan a british choreographer with bangladeshi roots takes us into the world of traditional indian qatada dance. when it hits the drum music like we heard in the last piece just puts you into a trance that. the triple bill opens with it's a gully who moves his dances around like chess pieces on a board of beams of light this choreography is called he. sounds japanese

in a visit like 25 years ago in tokyo i saw the electric sitting. and it calls the colors up to. this night because they settle which is really crowded light. the light dances followed by a chamber of play. 6 dances 3 duets playfully dance around a wall in the center off the stage the name of your home in this piece out of breath. well it actually came from the birth of my daughter that was very sort of problematic like most births are and but i was sort of really touched me was how close life and death was at this very moment so i maybe a month after had to make a battle. to get the chance

a proud life death and the thin line in between and it. but this show finishes with a whole new dance style a fusion of contemporary dance and traditional indian dance at the back of the district a ballet dancer attended a cow talk workshop in order to perfect their moves each movement carrying a precise meaning. like but like so there's one that's really like a flower opening and closing and enveloping and it's very much oriented towards the heavens. it's a breathtaking show that lives up to its name. finally as forest fires have raged from the arctic to the amazon this summer his art couldn't be more timely cost of d.n.a. mr plant and as an artist from france he's actively participating in the debate

about environmentalism where this all his latest installation emphasizes the symbiotic relationship between humans and trees. it's a way of showing love for nature tree hugger is the title of his stuff in his current work and i'm see friends. these sculptures stand for hugging or caring about nature and the trees don't appear less to do they stand for a philosophy called sober therapy. so that's a kind of therapy that let you draw strength from nature see you know. he does the plastering and rapping at his residence for months now mr planned as he calls himself has been at work on his project local people that a make plastic kath's off their arms. they don't put it

this way so i think the project is quite interesting because it calls on viewers to join in and it allowed me to create art in collaboration with the residents of and see. soon as the plaster arms are drying the stuff to make gets them ready to attach the money. what was supposed to pull it for this project i only use moss for other artwork so i use different plants is. it always depends on which project. says study it all for show you pause. every arm gets a label with the name of the joan on it a total of $52.00 arms were made this way. the stuff you may have for the public park where he'll touch the mast of the sculptures to tree. the illusion of

a hog is impeccable. this brings humanity together with nature in its own playful way. a. message to get out there and hug some trainees on not know our time is up someone telling me to gain thanks for watching all the best from last year and from then just he does in. the. mood.

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