Featuring the poetry of John Clare, Robert Frost, Siegfried Sassoon, Charlotte Mary Mew, Ezra Pound and others.
Directed by Helen Eastman
Presented by Live Canon in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre
Performed by Anthony Shuster, Alice Barclay and Charles de Bromhead
An evening of poetry from the fine line between genius and insanity.
Sundays and Monday, 11, 12, 18 and 19 January 2009
Evenings at 7.30pm.
Tickets £13, £9 concessions.
Performance Length: Approximately 50 minutes with no interval.
Full booking information here
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Delusional? Unstable? Treacherous? Many of Britain’s finest poets have been diagnosed mentally ill and produced their greatest work while confined to institutions.
Complementing our main show production of John Antrobus’ study of life in an asylum, Captain Oates’ Left Sock, Live Canon will perform a programme of work from the fine line between genius and insanity, featuring poetry by John Clare, Robert Frost, Siegfried Sassoon, Charlotte Mew, Ezra Pound and others. A blend of well known verse and undiscovered gems, Live Canon’s unique style is a fabulous way to hear, see and experience poetry. Every Live Canon production features the world premiere of newly commissioned acapella musical settings of poetry – this production will include three new works by emerging composers.
Live Canon are an ensemble performing British poetry on stage and premiering new acapella settings of canonical poems; they have recently had great success with a programme of work at Greenwich Theatre in Autumn 2008. This is their debut residency at the Finborough Theatre. As well as Live Canon: Committed, they will also be presenting The Immortal Memory - The 250th Burns Night, a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns, on Sunday, 25 January 2009. Details here
Director Helen Eastman returns to the Finborough Theatre after the success of Fair, which toured the UK and transferred to Trafalgar Studios, The Monument and The Gabriels. Recent directing includes Dido and Aeneas (English Touring Opera), Hansel and Gretel (Cork Opera House), The Sweet Science of Bruising (National Theatre Studio), Cloudcuckooland (UK tour), Wild Raspberries (Glasgow Citizens Theatre), Bug Off (OTC), Cure at Troy (Delphi International Festival and Tour) and the world premiere of Julian Joseph’s jazz opera Bridgetower. She is Producer of the Onassis Programme at Oxford University, Guest Fellow in Theatre at Westminster University and a member of the Associate Literary Panel at Soho Theatre. She is currently rehearsing the Circus Space’s Christmas show.
Anthony Shuster trained at RADA and is a past winner of a Lockwood West Award for Poetry Speaking. His theatre work includes The Histories cycle (Royal Shakespeare Company), Tristan and Yseult (Kneehigh and the National Theatre), The World Cup Final 1966 and Jason and the Argonauts (Schtanhaus), and The Cure at Troy and Fair for Floodtide Theatre, where he is an Associate Artist. Television work includes the forthcoming A Short Stay in Switzerland, Casualty, Golden Hour and Broken Morning,
Charles de Bromhead trained at LAMDA after graduating from Trinity College, Dublin. Recent theatre includes the one man show, Best Man’s Speech, Cloudcuckooland (National Tour and Total Theatre Awards nomination) and Pick n Myths (National Tour). Recent Television and Film includes Todd Riviera in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and episodes of Fair City. Charles is an associate artist of Live Canon with whom he will be touring in 2009. He is currently filming Timewatch for the BBC.
Alice Barclay studied music at Manchester and then trained as an actor at Drama Studio London. Theatre includes De Monfort (Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond), War Horse (National Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew and The Comedy of Errors (Royal Shakespeare Company), King Arthur (Arcola Theatre), As You Like It (Arundel Festival and Orange Tree), Othello (Shakespeare’s Globe Education), Tonight We Fly (Trestle Theatre Company), The Triumph of Love (Watermill Theatre, Newbury), Tithe War! (Eastern Angles), and The Trial (Edinburgh). Television and Film includes Casualty, An Unequalled Love and The Trouble with Love (BBC), and Eyeball Tennis (Film Four).
