Ursonate


An extremely rare opportunity to hear a live performance of Ursonate, perhaps the most significant sound poetry work of the 20th century, and a key artefact in the history of the avant-garde. Kurt Schwitters’s quintessentially Dadaist 1932 score, ten years in the creation, makes uncommon demands on the performer, and provides an exhilarating, confounding, often harrowingly beautiful experience for the listener.

The first half of the evening will feature performances of works by Vito Acconci, Samuel Beckett, Cathy Berberian and Michael Basinski; for the last of these, Chris will be joined on-stage by Jonny Liron, Keston Sutherland and Lawrence Upton.


Saturday 7th November, 8pm     £7 (£5 concs.)
Toynbee Studios Theatre

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Find out more about Schwitters and the Ursonate here
Listen to an extract from Schwitters's own recording here
Watch Chris Goode and Jonny Liron performing Basinski in Cambridge here