A Forest in Full Flower

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A Forest in Full Flower (1984)

ob, pno, perc, vcl

Duration: 8 minutes

An extract from the theatre / performance piece Punishment by Roses based on the life of Japanese writer and activist Yukio Mishima. A Forest in Full Flower includes video by Mike Stubbs reconstructing Mishima’s own photoshoot re-enactment of the Martyrdom of St Sebastian painted in 1616 by Italian artist Guido Reni.

Revised version first performed by the New Arts Consort at Chapter Theatre, Cardiff on 4 May 1984
with Jeffery Wilson (soprano sax), Lucy Wilson (piano), Dominic Hackett (percussion), Glyn Perrin (cello)

Performances

04.05.84 CARDIFFChapter Theatre
05.05.84CARDIFFChapter Theatre
15.05.84COVENTRYWarwick University Arts Centre
16.05.84HEANORSouth East Derbyshire College
17.05.84BLACKBURNSchool of Art
18.05.84STOCKTONDovecot Arts Centre
20.05.84DURHAMTrevelyan College
21.05.84HULLSpring Street Theatre
22.05.84BARNSLEYNorthern College
23.05.84NOTTINGHAMMidland Group
24.05.84OXFORDMuseum of Modern Art
25.05.84BRISTOLArnolfini
26.05.84LONDONAir Gallery

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