Forms of Protest
Published on 1. November 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-908058-17-1 (ISBN)
Description
Forms of Protest collects together for the first time the work of Hannah Silva, a poet and playwright known for her fearless and wholly original vocal performances. These poems and experimental texts oscillate between sense and nonsense, meaning and music, always testing the limits of language to represent the lived world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Weight
126 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-908058-17-1 (9781908058171)
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Person
Hannah Silva is a writer and theatre maker whose work often starts from a playful interrogation of language, voice and form. She has performed at the Tokyo Design Centre, Krikri International Festival of Polyphony in Belgium, Poetry Hearings in Berlin and throughout the UK at festivals including Latitude, the Edinburgh Fringe, Ledbury Festival and Stanza. Her solo show, Opposition toured nationally 2011-12 and was described by What's on Stage as 'radical, political, courageous'. Hannah has written for Radio 3 and regularly appears on The Verb. Her play 'The Disappearance of Sadie Jones' is currently on tour.