Can the British Still Make Radical Theatre?
This is one of the topics of a post-show discussion on the 10th November following Schlock! It’s a question I was interested in some years ago, when the Guardian published […]
Author: Hannah Silva
Duck My Life
Over the last couple of months I’ve been working with Helen Seymour on her solo show ‘To Helen Back‘. I love working with her because she’s so damn good. Blurbs for […]
Writing Through Kathy’s body
Schlock! began by splicing together two books, E.L James’ Fifty Shades of Grey and In Memoriam to Identity, a novel by Kathy Acker. Kathy Acker was a cult feminist subversive […]
10 Things I Did to Fifty Shades of Grey
My solo performance Schlock! is on 8-26 November at the Rosemary Branch theatre in Hackney. – Alongside the show is an exciting programme of post-show talks featuring Jude Kelly, Maddy […]
Writing on Air (against my better judgement)
The Poetry Library at London’s Royal Festival Hall will become the permanent home to the world’s largest collection of modern poetry, as Arts Council England formally transfers ownership to the […]
Signs of Poetry
Originally written for my column ‘Make it Strange’ issue [61] of the journal Tears in the Fence Introduce person who? Kathy Sign name: Pirate (patch over eye) Pirate why? She […]
Mouthy Poets Tour – Interview
Interview with Deborah Stevenson from Mouthy Poets, Part I. on founding the Mouthy Poets collective, touring, dyslexia & diversity Mouthy Poets is a collective of 15 -30 year olds […]