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Elergy for Keats and Shelley
In December 2021 at the University of Leicester two of my poems were brought together to remember the deaths of Keats and Shelley. ‘Keats in Rome’ follows Keats to his death in that city. ‘On Adonais’ marks Keats’s burial, Shelley’s … Continue reading
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Kalea Trio – Biography
← Back “Who wrote the music?” is the typical question the Kalea Trio get asked. Flautist Katie MacDonald, violinist Beatriz Rola, and cellist Anna Litvinenko went from improvising at home as friends, to building an intense musical relationship, composing, improvising and performing … Continue reading
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Sara Matthews – Biography
← Back Sara went to The Rambert Academy at age sixteen to undertake professional study in ballet and contemporary dance techniques. One year after graduating, she returned to Rambert Dance Company in 1985 where she stayed until 1996. At Rambert Sara … Continue reading
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Mary Kuper – Biography
← Back Mary is a London based illustrator, writer, designer and lecturer The relationship between text and image is central to her work as an illustrator. Much of my work is to commission, with a particular focus on linguistics. Since … Continue reading
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Andrew Mitchell – Biography
← Back Early Development Trained to teach English and Drama, Andrew taught for many years, whilst broadening the basis of his creative work: Worked with Keith Johnstone on a drama Improvisation course at RSC, Stratford; Scripted, interviewed, edited and presented … Continue reading
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Video of Performance at Keats-Shelley House in Rome
Keats’s Odes from my long narrative poem, “Written in Water”, performed at the Keats-Shelley House in Rome on October 3rd, 2019. Apart from the second musical number (the Kalea Trio’s arrangement of Sainte-Colombe’s Chaconne), the music is performed and composed/improvised … Continue reading
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Villa Diodati (Frankenstein)
A new video on my youtube channel. The story of how Mary Shelley came to write Frankenstein is told in this live performance at The British Library, London, on 20 October, 2018. Continue reading
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Written in Water
The long narrative Written in Water, on John Keats’s life, work and ideas, begins performances at The British Library, London, to celebrate the bicentenary of his Odes on 20 September, 2019. This performance will be repeated at Keats-Shelley House, Rome, … Continue reading
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Villa Diodati
Link to the British Library page detailing the event.
There will be performances of this poem on the conception of Frankenstein at the British Library on Tuesday 30 October and at Keats House on Thursday 15 November. Continue reading
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Reading at Leicester University
As an honorary fellow of the University, attached to the centre for new writing, I will be reading a narrative poem in progress “Young John Keats” at the Bennett lecture theatre on Tuesday 31st October. For details look to the listing on my events page. Continue reading
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