22 October 2023 6pm
When Poetry and Song Collide
Toi Toi, Functions on Hastings
Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Charlotte Yates, performing alongside the legendary Julia Deans and soulful Sandy Mill, takes us through the intriguing backstory to the four albums she created with poetry from NZ literary titans James K Baxter, Hone Tuwhare, Witi Ihimaera and Katherine Mansfield. Part podcast, part gossip, and definitely under the hood, this ‘insider’s guide’ is peppered with songs from the four albums and debuted to a sell-out crowd at the 2021 Going West Literary Festival. Simply unmissable!
When Poetry and Song Collide
Toi Toi, Functions on Hastings
Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Charlotte Yates, performing alongside the legendary Julia Deans and soulful Sandy Mill, takes us through the intriguing backstory to the four albums she created with poetry from NZ literary titans James K Baxter, Hone Tuwhare, Witi Ihimaera and Katherine Mansfield. Part podcast, part gossip, and definitely under the hood, this ‘insider’s guide’ is peppered with songs from the four albums and debuted to a sell-out crowd at the 2021 Going West Literary Festival. Simply unmissable!
27 October 2023 8pm
Mansfield In Her Own Words (unplugged)
Carrus Crystal Palace, Tauranga Waterfront
Tauranga Arts Festival
Curated by Charlotte Yates, selected poems by the legendary are set to contemporary music composed and performed by several of our leading songwriters and recording artists including Anna Coddington, Julia Deans, Lawrence Arabia, Mel Parsons, Lorina Harding, Charlotte Yates and French for Rabbits. Each song is linked by a curated selection of Mansfield’s letters, narrated by Michèle A’Court.
Mansfield In Her Own Words (unplugged)
Carrus Crystal Palace, Tauranga Waterfront
Tauranga Arts Festival
Curated by Charlotte Yates, selected poems by the legendary are set to contemporary music composed and performed by several of our leading songwriters and recording artists including Anna Coddington, Julia Deans, Lawrence Arabia, Mel Parsons, Lorina Harding, Charlotte Yates and French for Rabbits. Each song is linked by a curated selection of Mansfield’s letters, narrated by Michèle A’Court.
9-12 January 2024
Song to Stage Songwriting Retreat
Brackenridge Country Retreat
Martinborough
General admission/SWS member tickets now available.
Full programme here.
Song to Stage Songwriting Retreat
Brackenridge Country Retreat
Martinborough
General admission/SWS member tickets now available.
Full programme here.
