Roger McGough and Brian Patten on 50 years of The Mersey Sound, Lizzie Nunnery, Andrew McMillan
Roger McGough and Brian Patten on 50 years of The Mersey Sound, Catherine Marcangeli on the Tonight At Noon season, new music from Lizzie Nunnery, Bryan Biggs, Andrew McMillan.
Roger McGough and Brian Patten discuss the making of The Mersey Sound - the ground-breaking collection of poetry they created with the late Adrian Henri. Fifty years after the collection was published, and described by one critic as "a flash in the pan from a three-headed pantomime horse", they talk about the inspiration and the impact of The Mersey Sound.
The painter, poet, musician, and teacher, Adrian Henri, described by John Peel as "one of the great non-singers of our time", and the third member of The Mersey Sound poets, is the subject of Tonight at Noon - a new season of exhibitions and events in Liverpool. His literary and artistic executor, and curator of the season, Catherine Marcangeli, discusses Henri's total art vision.
Playwright and singer-songwriter Lizzie Nunnery performs an extract from her new work, Horny Handed Tons of Soil, which was inspired by both The Mersey Sound and Adrian Henri.
Bryan Biggs, artistic director of Bluecoat's 300th anniversary programme, discusses the history of one of the UK's oldest arts centres and its role in supporting generations of contemporary artists such as Jeremy Deller, Yoko Ono and John Akomfrah.
Prize-winning poet Andrew McMillan premieres his new poem in response to The Mersey Sound.
Presenter : John Wilson
Producer : Ekene Akalawu.
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The Mersey Sound
Roger McGough, Brian Patten & Catherine Marcangeli discuss the making of The Mersey Sound
Duration: 13:30
Lizzie Nunnery
The playwright and singer-songwriter performs an extract from Horny Handed Tons of Soil
Duration: 04:58
Bryan Biggs
The artistic director discusses Bluecoat's 300th anniversary programme
Duration: 04:00
Andrew McMillan
The prize-winning poet premieres his poem in response to The Mersey Sound; After Party
Duration: 04:24
The Mersey Sound
John Wilson talks to the poets Roger McGough and Brian Patten about the 50th anniversary of The Mersey Sound
Tonight At Noon
听curated by Catherine Marcangeli听is available to view in the听Dickens and Gladstone Galleries,听St George's Hall Liverpool from 12th April until 15th July 2017
Image: Adrian Henri circa 1964Image credit: Catherine Marcangeli
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Lizzie Nunnery
听will be performed at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool from13th until 15th July as part of听50 Summers of Love.
Image credit: Decoy Media听
Bryan Biggs
Bryan Biggs is Artistic Director of 300th anniversary project. 听Andrew McMillan
Prize-winning poet premieres his new poem in response to The Mersey Sound.
Image: Andrew McMillan
Image credit: Urszula Soltys听
Credits
Role Contributor Presenter John Wilson Interviewed Guest Roger McGough Interviewed Guest Brian Patten Interviewed Guest Catherine Marcangeli Interviewed Guest Lizzie Nunnery Interviewed Guest Bryan Biggs Interviewed Guest Andrew McMillan Producer Ekene Akalawu Broadcast
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