Iain Sinclair » Rachel Lichtenstein http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk Official Unofficial Website (Sanctioned by Author) Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:16:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Man Who Became A Room http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/2012/01/29/the-man-who-became-a-room/ http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/2012/01/29/the-man-who-became-a-room/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:00:53 +0000 admin http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/?p=2711 £3 @ Rich Mix, London

The Man Who Became A Room is an exciting new play inspired by the non-fiction best-seller Rodinsky’s Room by Rachel Lichtenstein and Iain Sinclair.

An ensemble piece featuring storytelling and physical theatre, it follows the story of Rachel, a young artist in her early twenties, who becomes increasingly obsessed with [...]]]> £3 @ Rich Mix, London

The Man Who Became A Room is an exciting new play inspired by the non-fiction best-seller Rodinsky’s Room by Rachel Lichtenstein and Iain Sinclair.

An ensemble piece featuring storytelling and physical theatre, it follows the story of Rachel, a young artist in her early twenties, who becomes increasingly obsessed with a man called Rodinsky who disappeared from a room above a derelict East End synagogue in the late 60s. Her determination to find out who he was and what happened to him leads her on an eccentric journey to the lost world of the Jewish East End and its origins in Eastern Europe . On the way she has experiences that veer from the comic to the mystical, flirts with Jewish orthodoxy, and falls in love with a British Asian man. Only when she finally lays Rodinsky’s ghost to rest, does she manage to integrate these multiple identities , emerging into today’s very different East End and a future that embraces the multi-cultural Britain of today.

Playwright Sonja Linden, director Sam Brown and Associate Producer Josephine Burton present this as a work in progress, and would very much welcome audience feedback after the performance.

http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/the-man-who-became-a-room/



]]> http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/2012/01/29/the-man-who-became-a-room/feed/ 0 Max: a celebration. Remembering W.G. Max Sebald http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/2011/12/14/max-a-celebration-remembering-w-g-max-sebald/ http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/2011/12/14/max-a-celebration-remembering-w-g-max-sebald/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:30:32 +0000 admin http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/?p=2637 Max: a Celebration – Remembering W.G. Sebald

Readings, Music and Film & Book Launches: W.G Sebald – Across the Land and the Water: Selected Poems (1964-2001) & Austerlitz – 10th Anniversary Edition, newly introduced by James Wood

On the 10th anniversary of his death, a unique event celebrating the late, great writer W.G. [...]]]>

Max: a Celebration – Remembering W.G. Sebald

Max: a Celebration – Remembering W.G. Sebald

Readings, Music and Film & Book Launches: W.G Sebald – Across the Land and the Water: Selected Poems (1964-2001) & Austerlitz – 10th Anniversary Edition, newly introduced by James Wood

On the 10th anniversary of his death, a unique event celebrating the late, great writer W.G. Max Sebald; with Anthea Bell, Ian Bostridge, A.S. Byatt, Julius Drake (tbc), Ian Galbraith, Dan Gretton, Grant Gee, Rachel Lichtenstein, Christopher MacLehose, Katie Mitchell, Andrew Motion, Iain Sinclair, Will Stone, Bill Swainson, Marina Warner and Stephen Watts.

Curated by Gareth Evans; staged in association with Katie Mitchell.

The late W.G. Sebald (18.5.44 – 14.12.01) was one of the most acclaimed writers of the last 50 years. Describing his ‘incandescent body of work’, Susan Sontag asked, “is literary greatness still possible? …One of the few answers available to English-language readers is the work of W.G. Sebald… he demonstrates that literature can be, literally, indispensable. He was one by whom literature continues to live.”

Over four key books in the 1990s (Vertigo, The Emigrants, The Rings of Saturn, Austerlitz) he created a style and a range of concerns that has had a huge and ongoing influence on numerous writers, artists and filmmakers. Uniquely hybrid works, his books combine fiction, memoir, history and travelogue into a seamless whole.

Spending almost all his adult life in England, firstly in Manchester and then Norwich, Sebald is perhaps most well-known for the remarkable Suffolk travelogue The Rings of Saturn and his Holocaust fictionAusterlitz, much of which is set in East London and the streets close to Wilton’s Music Hall.

In this unique event, many of Britain’s leading writers and artists celebrate Sebald’s life and writing in an evening of readings, music and film. Drawing from his remarkable oeuvre and their own reflections, on the 10th anniversary of his untimely death, they will honour a man whose profound and searching work has exerted an almost uncanny influence on our times.

Writers taking part include the multi-award winning essayists, novelists and poets A.S. Byatt, Dan Gretton, Rachel Lichtenstein, Andrew Motion, Iain Sinclair, Will Stone, Marina Warner and Stephen Watts. The books launched tonight will be introduced by their translators, Anthea Bell and Iain Galbraith.

One of the world’s greatest tenors, Ian Bostridge, will sing from Schubert’s iconic song cycle Winterreise, with remarkable accompaniment by Julius Drake (tbc).

Award-winning filmmaker Grant Gee (Joy Division) will present an exclusive ‘landscape edit’ of his forthcoming feature essay film Patience (After Sebald), a multi-layered meditation on landscape, art, history, life and loss, and the first film internationally about Sebald. It is produced by Artevents (www.artevents.info) and released in the UK in January 2012 by Soda Pictures (image from film).

Finally, it is a privilege to announce that Sebald’s UK publisher Christopher MacLehose and his editor Bill Swainson will attend and share their recollections.

There will be an event bookshop provided by independent booksellers Pages of Hackney (http://pagesofhackney.co.uk). Event filmed by Fugitive Images (www.fugitiveimages.org.uk).

Many thanks to Andrew Wylie, Luke Ingram, The Wylie Agency and the Estate of W.G.Sebald; and to Simon Prosser, Joe Pickering and Anna Kelly at Penguin Books.

Booking Information:

Dates: Wednesday 14th December

Times: Starts 7:30pm

Prices: £17.50

Link: http://www.wiltons.org.uk/listings/max-sebald.html
]]> http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/2011/12/14/max-a-celebration-remembering-w-g-max-sebald/feed/ 0 Shorelines: Contemporary British Authors on Sea http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/2011/07/17/shorelines-contemporary-british-authors-on-sea/ http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/2011/07/17/shorelines-contemporary-british-authors-on-sea/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:00:41 +0000 admin http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/?p=1942 An extraordinary afternoon, with multiple award winning cult British authors Iain Sinclair, (Dining On Stones, Downriver) Jay Griffiths (Anarchipelago, Wild) and Robert Macfarlane (The Wild Places, Mountains of the Mind), who will join artist and writer Rachel Lichtenstein, to speak about the sea as a theme in their writing. Followed by a short break then a [...]]]> An extraordinary afternoon, with multiple award winning cult British authors Iain Sinclair, (Dining On Stones, Downriver) Jay Griffiths (Anarchipelago, Wild) and Robert Macfarlane (The Wild Places, Mountains of the Mind), who will join artist and writer Rachel Lichtenstein, to speak about the sea as a theme in their writing. Followed by a short break then a panel discussion with the above and poets Yang Lian and Stephen Watts.

Venue: Solomon Monk’s Pump House , Chalkwell Park

Cost: £5

Link: http://www.metalculture.com/southend-on-sea/shorelines.html



]]> http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/2011/07/17/shorelines-contemporary-british-authors-on-sea/feed/ 0 Guardian books podcast: Water words http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/2011/07/17/guardian-books-podcast-water-words/ http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/2011/07/17/guardian-books-podcast-water-words/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:32:29 +0000 admin http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/?p=2102 Rachel Lichtenstein and Iain Sinclair talk about the sea in literature and reveal plans for the Shorelines festival.

Link:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2011/jul/15/books-podcast-water-iain-sinclair

]]> Rachel Lichtenstein and Iain Sinclair talk about the sea in literature and reveal plans for the Shorelines festival.


Link:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2011/jul/15/books-podcast-water-iain-sinclair



]]> http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/2011/07/17/guardian-books-podcast-water-words/feed/ 0 New chapter of ‘The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’ and a play based on ‘Rodinsky’s Room’ http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/2010/03/23/new-chapter-of-the-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen-and-a-play-based-on-rodinskys-room/ http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/2010/03/23/new-chapter-of-the-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen-and-a-play-based-on-rodinskys-room/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:17:31 +0000 admin http://www.iainsinclair.org.uk/?p=846 When I was in Gateshead with Alan Moore – where he delivered an apocalyptic riff based around paintings in the Laing Gallery, by John Martin and JW Turner – he revealed that I would be getting a sinister cameo in the latest chapter of ‘The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’. Lawyers on stand by, armed with [...]]]> When I was in Gateshead with Alan Moore – where he delivered an apocalyptic riff based around paintings in the Laing Gallery, by John Martin and JW Turner – he revealed that I would be getting a sinister cameo in the latest chapter of ‘The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’. Lawyers on stand by, armed with quill pens and writs.

A play based on ‘Rodinsky’s Room’ is currently being rehearsed, from an early draft, to be performed before an invited audience at the Soho Theatre. The part of Rachel Lichtenstein has been cast. It’s not know yet who will be shaving his head to play me (my adventures, so I’m told, are interestingly fictional, and include a trip to Israel).

Iain



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