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Jubilee Lines: 60 Years in 60 Poems : Faber & Faber on The Space
Jubilee Lines: 60 Years in 60 Poems : Faber & Faber on The Space
60 Years in 60 Poems lifts the poems off the pages of Carol Ann Duffy’s 'Jubilee Lines' and interprets them using actors’ recordings, sound-based generative design and archive film footage to create an exciting new way to experience poetry. Plot your path through 60 years of history
Faber & Faber
Literature & Spoken Word
Tongue Fu Flicks
Tongue Fu Flicks
Tongue Fu Flicks is a collection of recordings made for The Space, fusing spoken word, improvised music and film - contemporary culture reflected in fresh, spontaneous live collaborations
Renaissance One
Literature & Spoken Word
Animated Shakespeare
Animated Shakespeare
A series of animated shorts created by students of Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design inspired by Shakespeare plays which explore the creative processes of animation
Central Saint Martins
Visual & Media ArtsFilm
Will Self's Digital Essay
Will Self's Digital Essay
Read Will Self's literary essay, reimagined for the digital age and inspired by Franz Kafka's work A Country Doctor
London Review of Books
Literature & Spoken Word
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“Excellent bit of spoken word... well spoken!”Amser Dechrau Eto on Facebook about Salena Godden's Tongue Fu Flick
“Excellent bit of spoken word... well spoken!”Amser Dechrau Eto on Facebook about Salena Godden's Tongue Fu Flick
Cymbeline : Shakespeare: Globe to Globe
Cymbeline : Shakespeare: Globe to Globe
Cymbeline by William Shakespeare is performed in Juba Arabic by the South Sudan Theatre Company, with scene description in English.
duration: 150 mins
format: Video (Subtitled)
TheatrePerformance & FestivalLiterature & Spoken Word
Pericles : Shakespeare: Globe to Globe
Pericles : Shakespeare: Globe to Globe
Pericles by William Shakespeare is performed in Greek by the National Theatre of Greece, with scene description in English
duration: 228 mins
format: Video (Subtitled)
TheatrePerformance & FestivalLiterature & Spoken Word
The Two Gentlemen of Verona : Shakespeare: Globe to Globe
The Two Gentlemen of Verona : Shakespeare: Globe to Globe
The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare is performed in Shona by Two Gents Productions, with subtitles in English
duration: 114 mins
format: Video (Subtitled)
TheatrePerformance & FestivalLiterature & Spoken Word
The Space Collections:The Sillitoe Trail
The Space Collections:The Sillitoe Trail
Introducing a virtual tour of Sillitoe’s Nottingham, focusing on five featured locations: Old Market Square, The White Horse, Raleigh, Trent Embankment and Goose Fair
Lady Lazarus : Sylvia Plath
Lady Lazarus : Sylvia Plath
A film woven around the life and artistic vision of poet Sylvia Plath to mark the 50th anniversary of her death at the age of 30
duration: 24 mins
British Film Institute
format: Video
Literature & Spoken WordFilm
The Space Collections:The Hamlet collection
The Space Collections:The Hamlet collection
Enjoy gems from the BBC archive connected to one of William Shakespeare's most famous plays
John Berger : Serpentine Memory Marathon
John Berger : Serpentine Memory Marathon
A conversation with writer and critic John Berger at The Serpentine Gallery's Memory Marathon
duration: 26 mins
format: Video
Performance & Festival
Carol Ann Duffy 2012 : Jubilee Lines: 60 Years in 60 Poems
Carol Ann Duffy 2012 : Jubilee Lines: 60 Years in 60 Poems
'The Thames, London 2012' by Carol Ann Duffy, read by Samantha Bond
Literature & Spoken Word
Simon Armitage 1982 : Jubilee Lines: 60 Years in 60 Poems
Simon Armitage 1982 : Jubilee Lines: 60 Years in 60 Poems
'Task Force' by Simon Armitage, read by Dan Stevens
format: Interactive experience
Literature & Spoken Word
The Space Collections:Artangel's Hearts of Darkness
The Space Collections:Artangel's Hearts of Darkness
Artangel and The Space present a series of new works devised in A Room for London, a one-bedroom, boat-shaped installation perched atop Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre, with its connection to Heart of Darkness writer Joseph Conrad
Naomi Alderman: Ivory
Naomi Alderman: Ivory
A new story by writer Naomi Alderman takes one of the most puzzling characters in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and tries to bring her to life
duration: 33 mins
Artangel
format: Audio
Literature & Spoken Word
Inanimate Alice
Inanimate Alice
Set in a technology saturated near future, Inanimate Alice tells the story of a girl called Alice, merging text with animation, videos, music and games to explore what it means to conduct your life online
duration: 67 secs
BradField Company
format: Video
Visual & Media ArtsLiterature & Spoken Word
Kate Tempest : Tongue Fu Flicks
Kate Tempest : Tongue Fu Flicks
Kate Tempest performs a powerful ballad about war from the perspective of a soldier's partner
duration: 6 mins
format: Video
Literature & Spoken Word
Scroobius Pip : Tongue Fu Flicks
Scroobius Pip : Tongue Fu Flicks
Scroobius Pip performs Let ‘em Come with improvised music and film for Tongue Fu Flicks
duration: 5 mins
format: Video
Literature & Spoken Word
The Sillitoe Trail App
The Sillitoe Trail App
Download the Sillitoe Trail iPhone application and follow in Arthur Seaton’s footsteps around Nottingham, exploring the real locations of key scenes from the novel
Alan Sillitoe Committee
Literature & Spoken Word
Seaton Rifles : Sillitoe's Nottingham: Then and Now
Seaton Rifles : Sillitoe's Nottingham: Then and Now
The Alan Sillitoe Committee is presenting a virtual tour of Sillitoe’s Nottingham for you on The Space, focusing on five locations from the novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1958). Arthur Seaton, the defiant factory worker at the centre of the novel, reacts to the observations of the commissioned writers
duration: 7 mins
format: Audio
Literature & Spoken Word

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