Hell or High Water - What Wondrous Love

Improvisation for voice, one man band rig and home made guitar. Limehouse beach, London. Conducted under the disgruntled and suspicious eyes of Canary Wharf private security. Winter Solstice, 22 December 2019. Part of the inaugural "Hell or High Water" event curated by Sarah Andrew, Anne Bean, Hayley Newman, George Pringle. The songs are the hymn "What Wondrous Love" and the folk/music hall song "Sam Hall". These share the tune of an older folk song "Captain Kidd".

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Improvised spoken word and percussion. 18 June 2016, Middlesex University, London.

The scraping that can be heard at the beginning is a the head of a rusted pick-axe that I attached to my ankle with string, so I had to drag it behind me as I moved. The stage was bare, except for a dais on which there was a tight spotlight. Sitting on the dais was a stool on which was a mural crown made out of brown paper. At the end of the piece, I picked up the crown and raised it above my head, then the lights went down. For a large part of the performance I was behind the audience, who were seated looking towards the stage.