

The Read
Creative performance readings of iconic British novels.
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A series of four creative performance readings of iconic British novels. Each episode is directed by exciting emerging talent.

1.The Lonely Londoners
10-04-202258mA creative performance reading of The Lonely Londoners that juxtaposes modern imagery and fascinating archive footage to reflect on how Sam Selvon's novel shaped the London of toda...

2.On the Black Hill
05-06-202259mA performance reading of the abridged novel On the Black Hill, by Bruce Chatwin. Identical twin brothers grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home.

3.The Day of the Sardine
06-11-202264mA creative performance reading of a powerful novel of disaffection that charts a young man's uneasy passage into adulthood.

4.A Vision of Loveliness
02-04-202357mPerformance reading of A Vision of Loveliness by Louise Levene. A darkly comic novel that reveals the seedy underbelly of London in the 1960s, rich with period detail.
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