Rachel Cusk – Alba Arikha – Jonathan P. Watts
The panel will discuss the works in the exhibition and the themes of the works (Siemon Scamell-Katz). Particular emphasis will be on the theory of the Sublime, its historical origins and its contemporary meanings and uses.
The Siemon Scamell-Katz exhibition will be curated by Hugh Pilkington.
Music: Tom Smail
Libretto: Alba Arikha
Directed by Orpha Phelan
Writing fiction and why it matters
Where to find me: in conversation with Suzi Feay
interviewed by Suzi Feay
With Peter Michaels – guitar, Tom Smail – drums, Marcus Tilt – accordion, Loz Garratt – double bass.
with Alex Clark
With author Rupert Thomson
Reading from ‘Where to find me’ and Q&A
Reading
Produced by Tom Smail and Alba Arikha
Paris, 1980’s. A rebellious adolescent. Holocaust and exile. Cafés and nightclubs, shifty boyfriends and broken friendships, BLUE ELECTRIC charts a young woman’s search for identity in the shadow of her artist father’s hidden history. Based on the acclaimed memoir Major/Minor and directed by Academy Award winner Hugh Hudson, this opera explores the effects of trauma on family life. With a powerful contemporary score, this is a universal story of loss, love and what it means to be alive.
In conversation with Thomas Beller
Trauma, womanhood and memoir
In conversation with Janet Wolff
Reading and discussing Major/Minor
with Tom Smail and Peter Michaels
An evening of French songs, with Sagat Guirey and Tom Smail
joint reading with Harry Eyres
Poetry reading at the Cabaret Futura
tête a tête festival
words: Alba Arikha, music: Tom Smail
Presentation of ‘Te lo dirò un altra volta’ (Major/Minor) with Benedetta Cibrario
With writer Claire Kilroy and actor Adrian Dunbar
Speakers: Nancy K. Miller, Andrea Stuart, Alba Arikha
Jewish ancestors escaping pogroms in turn-of-the century Russia, white plantation slave owners and black slaves in 17th century Barbados, coming of age in the literary-artistic milieu of 1980s Paris. Three authors discuss the challenges involved in their recently completed family memoirs.
Paris in the Spring
With Rosa Rankin-Gee
Sagat Guirey (guitar) Steve Watts (double bass) and Tom Smail (drums)
Gabriel, performed at the Theatre de la Vieille Grille. Musicians: Alba piano, Sagat Guirey: Guitar, Marcus Tilt: Accordion, Tom Smail: Drums, Loz Garratt: Double bass