Poet and Playwright Rommi Smith, curator Nigel Walsh (Leeds Art Gallery) and Ilkley Literature Festival Director Rachel Feldberg, discuss their involvement in the innovative Creative Case NORTH Explorations project which provided organisations and artists with time and space for experimentation on the theme of the Creative Case for Diversity earlier this year. Rommi Smith also […]
Starts at 7:30PM Ends at 10:00PM Upper Chapel Norfolk Street S1 2LG Two original poems by award winning poets Tony Walsh and Rommi Smith have been turned into animated videos that will be projected on to the front of the Upper Chapel for one night only. This is a major new commission run by local […]
It’s all coming together…. great to see the fluorescent lights of the stage against the darkening sky. – and the jigsaw pieces of this project brought together. All that a dress run should be…
So excited to be working with Tangled Feet on the project Collective Endeavour. Part of The Rugby World Cup 2015 celebrations, the piece explores the metaphors of rugby in society, celebrating how teamwork and solidarity are key to transforming society. The lyric I’ve written is performed by Northern Broadsides’ actor: Andy Vincent, who features, alongside […]
In a special commission for The Verb, the poet Rommi Smith has written a poem responding to a black and white image of the singer Billie Holiday. She performs this new work as part of the jazz trio Cole, Molloy, Smith. Rommi explains that the image is a ‘psychological’ portrait in which Holiday is wearing […]