Award-winning performance poet, musician and playwright, Imogen Stirling, is touring her second collection, Love The Sinner, across the UK and Europe. Join her for a reading at this exclusive Edinburgh date, which also features an opening musical set from Jack Hinks.
About Love The Sinner:
Swooping from the mundane to the immense, Stirling’s long-form poetry weaves narratives of human experience. A loose alliance of extraordinary and unextraordinary characters struggle to comprehend their identities in a world bladed with criticism and obsessed with self-betterment. This story sees ancient roots clasp hands with modern compassion to explore human frailty, love and resilience, while the threat of ecological crisis rumbles in the background.
The collection was published by Verve Poetry Press in January 2022. It is being adapted for the stage in co-production with Vanishing Point Theatre Company and features an electronic music score by award-winning musician and producer, Sarah Carton. It has been named 'the work of a lyrical genius' by Benjamin Zephaniah, 'a perfect creation' by Kirstin Innes and 'rich and otherworldly' by Salena Godden.
About Imogen Stirling:
Imogen Stirling is an award-winning performance poet, musician and playwright (BBC, Sofar Sounds, Neu! Reekie!). She features on Sky Arts’ BAFTA-winning Life & Rhymes, hosted by Benjamin Zephaniah, was awarded ‘Artist of the Year 2021’ (SETA, National Theatre of Scotland) and is currently shortlisted for the Out-Spoken Prize for Poetry. She was part of the BBC Words First talent development programme, Short Circuit's 2022 Convergence screenwriting cohort and is co-founder of Siren Theatre Company.
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