Derek Jarman: Modern Nature - The Prospect Cottage Diaries
Joseph Atkins, piano
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Derek Jarman’s Modern Nature is adapted by Living Productions in a unique tribute to the artist, author and activist which combines readings, music, artwork and footage from his Super 8 Films.
Shortly after his HIV diagnosis and his father’s death, Derek Jarman left the chaos of London for a simple life on the Kent coast. He lived there with his partner Keith Collins in a derelict Victorian fisherman’s hut, Prospect Cottage, in the shadow of Dungeness power station. Facing an uncertain future, he wrote Modern Nature: a diary capturing how he found solace in the natural world.
James Dacre directs Olly Alexander, Jessie Buckley, Omari Douglas, Shaun Evans, Jessica Walker and Will Young in readings from the diaries with original music by Valgeir Sigurðsson, Max Richter, Kele Okereke and Simon Fisher Turner and songs by Donna McKevitt performed by Nils Wanderer, Penelope Appleyard and Clare Stewart.
Joseph Atkins will be appearing on piano, alongside Rosie Banks-Francis on cello and Roger Chase on viola.
Including artwork by Gilbert McCarragher and Susan Thomson and sound design by David Gregory with recordings by Tilda Swinton.