Bird Radio performs songs composed for the soundtrack to Chiara Ambrosio’s upcoming feature film, RAFT with special guest musician James Hesford.
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Doors: 7pm
Tickets: £7 - £15
This event is part of the Raft Festival programme (see the main festival page on our website for full listings).
One-off tickets are available for every Raft event on a sliding scale basis. We encourage you to consider purchasing a ‘festival pass’ bundle ticket which will allow you, at a reduced rate, to access a given number of events across the full programme (either 5 events, 10 events, or all 30 events). See the link below for more details about these options!
This is how you break the law of gravity
exit through the door
the jaws of memory
you’re a freak in a world of lies
you’re an anomaly
gather your Imaginary and
make it bodily
you’re sleeping in the sheets of
history and geography
rise as kings and queens and
beasts of non-conformity
this is how you break the law
this is how you break the law
of gravity
Roll up, roll up! The show is about to begin!
Bird Radio is beckoning for you to join him in the dark, lamp-lit London night where he will conjure the songs he has especially created for RAFT, the upcoming new feature by artist and filmmaker Chiara Ambrosio. The album speaks of birth and death, Soho, outer space, gods, the operating table, fake moons and sunflowers.
Expect nothing less than a powerful and transportive performance as Mikey Kirkpatrick returns to The Horse Hospital, the birthplace of Bird Radio, where he gave his first ever performance in 2010 (and many more since). He will be joined by special guest composer, musician and writer James Hesford accompanying on violin and electric guitar.
“…folk-horror of the darkest hue, his voice soaring like Scott Walker. Bird Radio fulfils his early promise as a musical storyteller of rare power.’”
- Steve Hunt (Roots)
“Mesmerising and mystical. Enchanting and awe inspiring. Those are but a few words that do little really to divulge the sheer wonder of this performer and the pleasure it was to be in his presence.”
- The Student (Edinburgh Fringe)