Nocturne in OBheal, Cork

OBheal, run by leading Irish poets and poetry filmmakers Paul Casey and Colm Scully will be hosting their annual poetry film festival on Sunday 2nd November. I am very proud and pleased to say Nocturne for a Lighterman is one of the 30 finalists. It was a dark neo-symbolist ekphrastic experiment with the painting Nocturne in Blue and Gold, Old Battersea Bridge by James McNeill Whistler.  I am particularly happy because the soundscape is by Marc Neys, whom I have admired for so many years.  Finally, the right project for him came along. This year the OBheal is coming from Cork Arts Theatre, Carrolls Quay, Cork – a great venue. If you get the chance, please do go, where poetry really inhabits every part of this memorable experience and the city itself. And on Thursday Colm will be hosting a workshop on Zoom. Don't miss it!!!