Project Lono
a collective of musicians and poets based in Teesside who collaborate to create immersive, live and recorded soundscapes of spoken word accompanied by music, song and sound effects
Project Lono is a collective of musicians and poets based in Teesside who collaborate to create immersive, live and recorded soundscapes of spoken word accompanied by music, song and sound effects. They have performed across the UK at venues including The British Museum, StAnza Poetry Festival in St Andrew, The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Durham Literature Festival and Winter Ghosts Festival in Whitby. Members include Bob Beagrie, Sara Dennis, Peter Lagan, Stewart Forth, Kev Howard and John Dunleavy.
Project Lono perform The Shrouded Republic | The Shrouded Republic is a 40 minute epic performance piece that guides the audience into the realms of Faery, featuring folksongs, sonic distortions and a narrative poem, inspired by the legend of Reverend Robert Kirk of Aberfoyle, author of The Secret Commonwealth: A Study in Folklore and Psychical Research' (1691), who was allegedly abducted by the fairy folk of Doon Hill as punishment for revealing their mysteries.
Location TBC
Tuesday 18 July
5pm - 6pm