ENO Creative Residency
Our new creative residency programme for the 2022-23 season
Poet and spoken word artist Kieron Rennie is taking part in a season-long Creative Residency at the ENO, responding to our work throughout the year.
Through his residency at the London Coliseum throughout 2022-23, Kieron will be creating a series of artistic responses to our opera season and work, through a variety of mediums including poetry and photography.
It's a Wonderful Life
This is the first of three poems on It’s a Wonderful Life
This is the third of three poems on It’s a Wonderful Life
Tosca
Here is his piece, responding to our production of Tosca.
Conflicts of the Heart
Live for the heart
away___from watchful eyes
>>Political stares<<
The ears an unreliable witness – bending the MIND OUT of shape.
Converting her into an unbeliever: brushstrokes
bring jealousy, not praise.
Live for the heart
away___from a triangular maze
Sacrifice a tormenting chorus
Lovers cannot escape.
Death’s darkened drapes do murmur
Live for the heart
Time bows for the true embrace…
Watch and listen to Kieron's poem
Taking the poem off the page and transporting the audience into the space. Watch and listen to Kieron’s poem during a virtual tour of our stunning Tosca set.
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