Thursday 13 November, 7.30pm
21 Surrey Quays Road
London SE16 7AR
£10 (£8 concessions) BOOK ONLINE
Co-commissioned by Penned in the Margins and Ledbury Poetry Festival
Supported using public funding by Arts Council England
The Shipwrecked House is a tale of houses spliced with the sinews and dreams of its inhabitants … Trévien is completely in control of, almost literally, every molecule in the atmosphere
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Outside, a storm is raging. Inside, a darkened room preserves the fragments of a past underneath dust sheets. Sea-shells, voices, yellowing postcards: the flotsam and jetsam of a childhood spent beach-combing on the coast of Brittany. Stories emerge: of treasure found in tidal ponds, and women metamorphosing into serpents. But beneath the floorboards, the creaking groans of whales warn of unsettled futures.
In a sparkling one-woman performance that blends poetry with theatre, Anglo-Breton poet Claire Trévien navigates a shifting maritime landscape. Memory and myth from the Celtic fringe are transformed by her surreal, playful poetry – critically acclaimed, and longlisted for the 2013 Guardian First Book Award. In her stage debut, Trevien evokes the sounds, sights and rich scents of the sea. But beneath the surface, a violent undercurrent stirs. What will she discover in the sodden debris? Will the storm break in?
Read a five-star review of The Shipwrecked House at Rich Mix, London
Read a review of The Shipwrecked House at Ledbury Poetry Festival