Kimchilia Bartoli, Reviews of This is Going to Hurt, Flee and Louise Bourgeois - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

Korean-American countertenor Kangmin Justin Kim gives an insight into the creation of his drag persona, Kimchilia Bartoli, a tribute to the Italian opera diva, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli. Justin will be performing as Kimchilia at this year’s Classical Vauxhall festival in The Royal Opera House is Burning, a recital inspired by the drag balls of 1980s Harlem.

Dr Ronx Ikharia reviews This is Going to Hurt, the BBC’s adaptation of Adam Kay’s brutal memoir of working as a doctor in a London hospital.Critics Charlie Porter and Olivia Laing review Oscar-nominated animated documentary Flee and Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child, an exhibition of the artist’s later work at the Hayward Gallery.

Photo credit: Royal Opera HouseProducer: Laura Northedge
Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe

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