BODY 115

A 
JOURNEY
IN 31 CANTOS
NOTES ON THE TEXT
Standby. Tonight. 7:30. That is all. Take my hand, let me lead you to a place of ash where you shall find nothing but that which remains… 18-11-25 Coming out of the dark to a terminal near you this Tuesday evening at 7:30… On the 18th November 1987 a fire broke out in the Underground station at London’s King’s Cross claiming the lives of 31 people. One unidentified victim, burned beyond all recognition, was known, for over 20 years, as ‘Body 115’, the mortuary tag they were assigned. King’s Cross (formerly Battle Bridge) was the also the site where Boudicca’s rebel army confronted the Roman garrison, setting Londinium ablaze and reducing it to ashes. In a season of ghosts and bonfires… A poem of signals… transmitted over the usual channels… assume your positions and when the hour comes you shall be given further instruction… On the anniversary of the King’s Cross fire… Coming soon… A performance at an undisclosed location. I can comfirm it will take place somewhere along Latitude 50.3522 In Penzance on Sunday… Coming to York this Friday… Keeping poetry analogue. Recording the soundtrack with Jack Arnold @studio7music on Conny Plank’s hand built desk. Releasing ‘Body 115’ as a vinyl album in the spring… Tickets now on sale for our shows @theatre41york 11 April and @acornpenzance 13 April… This, a visual representation of a journey north to York and west to Penzance… stay tuned for more shapes, maps, plots, charts and departures… A massive thanks / grazie mille to everyone at @factory32milano especially to @valentina_pescetto to @therickyitaliano and to @lamiacameraonstage To director @justinbutchertheatre to @jproductionsmilan and of course to @matthewshldn who flew in to tech the show, for lighting it up, for turning it on, for blasting it out… (oh @_giuliavannucci_ how many times have you seen it now?) I took a poem to Milan and it looked like this… London, York and Penzance in my sights…. It’s not about inhabiting the work, it’s about letting the work inhabit you… Poetry is pointing one way and looking the other… It could get ugly but who said poetry was supposed to be pretty… Revisiting old ghosts in Milan… Revisiting old ghosts in Milan… Summoning the spirits of Halloween… Going home to Milan… ‘Dove il teatro incontra la poesia’ ★★★★ It happens that I arrive in the rain… Who are ya? Wanna know what’s in the trunk? Come to @factory32milano on November 8 and found out… A year ago we won ‘Best Innovative Play’ at the @pubtheatres1 awards. Next month we take the journey our story follows and head to Milan…
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