Ionic
Sat 23rd & Sun 24th March
Ye Olde Mitre, London
Last year, as some of you will recall, I played several shows with Sefiroth at Marchland, a season of performances from the edges and in-between places of Europe (you can watch videos from those shows here). I'm delighted to be returning to Marchland for this year's festival, which takes over one of London's most historic pubs for a weekend of intimate performances exploring what it means to be European today.
Ionic is a new dance theatre piece from Anglo-French company Théâtre Volière based on the life and poetry of Constantine Cavafy. My settings of Cavafy's poems will be sung by the amazing Savina Yannatou, whose recordings of songs from all over the world have been a huge inspiration for me. Savina is accompanied by classical guitarist Nikos Baroutsakis and myself on electric guitar, with choreography by Janacek Wood.
Ionic is part of the "Once And Future Europe" session, which includes two other performances: Lyonesse (in which the land that sank beneath the waves between Cornwall and Brittany is raised up again) and The Capital of Europe, a sound installation evoking a utopian city on the Rhine.
Performances are at the following times:
Saturday: 11:30 and 17:00*
Sunday: 19:50
*sold out
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