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The Dragon, The Princess and the Wizard – Available on Audible – 5 stars

17 May 2021

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The Dragon, The Princess, & The Wizard is a magical bedtime story for children. written by Enid Hathaway and narrated by Louise Ashcroft.  At the heart of the story is the belief that we are more than our fear and that friendship transforms. To del …

A New Beginning: Poetry Recital – 15 May 2021 at 17:30 – Live on Zoom

12 May 2021

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Rhyme & Reason present A New Beginning, a celebration of seasonal verse for our times. As our countryside and gardens uncurl into spring, so too do our villages, towns and cities. Join us as we step out and celebrate the fresh blooms of a new begin …

Hello new voicereel! Words for our time.

16 December 2020

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Straight Talking: Words to find your way in an unreal world Throughout this year, I have been converting a walk-in store cupboard in my house to a vocal booth where I can record voiceover. The room is at the end of the hallway. A white Victorian panell …

Poetry Recital, 12th December 2020, 17:00, Live on Zoom

3 December 2020

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Rhyme & Reason present RING OUT THE OLD, RING IN THE NEW: a twilight celebration of seasonal verse for our times. Charge your glass (or mug!) with your favourite wee dram, and join us on Zoom as we share poems of solace and celebration. From Shakes …

Online music concert inspires article for The Phycologist, No.99, Autumn 2020

30 October 2020

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In Lockdown 1, I collaborated with the Victoria Gallery & Museum (VG&M) to create a relaxed concert to reach out to their audience amidst the height of the pandemic. Blending music, painting, botany, poetry and film, Time was away and somewhere …

A playlist to soothe and inspire, as featured in The Simple Things magazine

22 July 2020

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I created a mix tape. It’s for whoever finds it and feels attracted to its playfulness. Those moments where genres bend, blend and juxtapose to… Words that soothe. Beats that groove. Tunes that propose a shimmy. Dare a toe tap. Invite a finger click. I …

Time was away and somewhere else… Friday 5 June 2020, YouTube premiere at 15:00

5 June 2020

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Culture Bite Concert Series, Victoria Gallery and Museum, Liverpool The University of Liverpool’s Department of Music and the VG&M present a new way of enjoying  ‘Relaxed Concerts’ from the comfort of your own home.  On the first Friday of each mon …

At Home with Dr. Margery Knight: An imagined conversation. Victoria Gallery and Museum, Friday 15 May 2020, online performance at 6.45pm

15 May 2020

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LightNight is Liverpool’s free one-night arts festival where over 100 organisations open their doors to share world-class culture in the form of events, performances, talk and workshops. This year the festival has gone online. The theme is HOME which h …

The Algae Opera: Live performance at RA Lates: Deep Earth, Saturday 23 November 2019, 19:00 – 23:00

13 November 2019

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Part of the Antony Gormley event programme, this epic RA Lates invites you to experience nature reinterpreted through earthly intervention, performances and soundscapes across the RA’s two-acre campus. BurtonNitta’s The Algae Opera will be performed in …

Poetry Recital: Heritage on 12 October 2019 at 15:00

7 September 2019

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How beautiful the London air, how calm and unalarming. Oh come and take a stroll with me and do not fear to stumble.” John Betjeman Come join us for an afternoon of poetry at Bow Church to celebrate their 700th anniversary and to dwell in stanzas for a …

Radio 4: Tongue & Talk on 9 June at 16:30 and 15 June at 23:30

6 June 2019

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Tongue and Talk: Episode 2 – Isle of Man Explore the voices of Manx dialect and language speakers, whose words are influenced by the Celts and the Norsemen. Actor and writer, Catherine Harvey, returns to her Manx roots to share the work of T E Brown, w …

World premiere of ‘New Organs of Creation’ at The Science Gallery, London

29 April 2019

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What might an anthem composed for the future of ‘Britain’s divided nation’ sound like? New Organs of Creation is the latest interdisciplinary project from BurtonNitta. Crossing science, art, performance, music and technology, it explores how the human …