The Belly of the Earth - a musical interpretation of three poems by Paula Meehan, written by Paul Meehan & Stephen Gardner

A musical interpretation of 3 poems by Paula Meehan: `Well’, `My Father perceived as a vision of St Francis’ and `Seed’. The musicians will spend 5 days in Arad Studios, workshopping and rehearsing basic material composed by Stephen Gardner. The music will be meditative and confrontational, involving improvisation and experimentation. Poet Paula Meehan will read each poem before the 3 musical interpretations.

PERFORMED BY Matthew Jacobson, Lauren Kinsella, Shane Latimer, Paula Meehan, Cathal Roche

WRITTEN BY Stephen Gardner and Paula Meehan 

DIRECTED BY Stephen Gardner 

SOUND ENGINEER Simon Cullen 

PERFORMANCE FILMED BY Louis Haugh

Dates & Tickets

Friday 15th July, 19.30pm

Saturday 16 July, 19.30pm

Tickets are available from Smock Alley, and are priced 15 Euro/10 Euro concession, booking here.