Performance

Venue	Barbican Centre
	Other spaces: Barbican Theatre,Barbican Hall. Guildhall School of Music and Drama Theatre, Cinema1,Cinema2,Gallery, Silk Street Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	3rd February 2021
To	3rd February 2021
When	19:30
What is currently on at Barbican Centre (V371)

The Lost Words: Spell Songs

T1780756888
Spell Songs is a musical companion piece to The Lost Words by author Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie Morris; a celebrated ‘spell book' rich with poetic rhythms and imagined birdsong that naturally invited a musical response.

Archive :: production:T1780756888, concert:S1440970067, venue:V371

Production details

The 8 incredible artists who created Spell Songs will be joined on stage by Robert Macfarlane himself and the acclaimed and award-winning artist Jackie Morris, one of the authors of the original Lost Words book, will be painting live on stage during the performance, conjuring magic with ink and brush! Spell Songs gathers together eight remarkable musicians whose music engages deeply with landscape and nature, to respond to the creatures, art and language of The Lost Words.

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Company

Performer	Robert Macfarlane
Performer	Jackie Morris
Performer	Robert Macfarlane
Performer	Jackie Morris
Performer	Karine Polwart
Performer	Julie Fowlis
Performer	Seckou Keita
Performer	Kris Drever
Performer	Rachel Newton
Performer	Beth Porter
Performer	Jim Molyneux

CORONAVIRUS: All UK venues closed on 16th March 2020, restrictions were lifted on 19th July 2021. Please note that iUKTDb archive listings between March 2020 and July 2021 may not be accurate as we did not receive details of all rescheduled and cancelled shows.

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