18:45-19:20, Saturday 5th October 2024
Online
Music: Roger Illingworth.
Words: Betty Francis, Roger Illingworth, Aga Serugo-Lugo, Dan Smith, Rose Malone-Illingworth
There will be a live performance of Senses on the 25th September.
Senses is a dark, cabaret inspired song cycle for mezzo-soprano and jazz ensemble. A lyrical game of consequences; five writers were assigned a sense – taste, touch, sight, sound and smell. They then chose a character from literature to give voice to these senses: a jilted Miss Havisham (Dickens), a blind assassin (Atwood), a seething Medusa (Ovid), a scentless serial killer (Süsskind) and a Czechoslovakian autodactic drunkard (Hrabel). Musically, the number five runs through the work like a stick of rock, with pitch patterns based on fives and nested quint time signatures, woven into an angular and occasionally beautiful operatic jazz.
Age range: All ages, but mostly adults
In a festival of new work, please note that shows may overrun.
Produced by Half-Normalled Productions
Venue: Online
On the same day:
- Imposters: The Watch Party, 17:00-17:40
- The District: The Watch Party, 18:00-18:30
- The Acts of Brízida Vaz: The Watch Party, 19:40-20:15
- The Manicurist: The Watch Party, 20:30-21:10
Composer and co-creator: Josh Kaye
Voice and co-creator: Hester Dart
Voice and co-creator: Amy Kearsley
Cello and co-creator: Rebecca Burden