THE GHOST THEATRE - Mat Osman in conversation with Kate Feld
Schedule
Tue May 09 2023 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm
Location
Blackwell's Bookshop | Manchester, EN
About this Event
We're thrilled to be bringing Mat Osman back to Manchester for the launch of his second novel THE GHOST THEATRE - a dazzling punk re-imagining of Elizabethan London through the eyes of a clairvoyant, bird-worshiping protagonist and her unlikely theatre troupe. Mat will be in conversation with Kate Feld.
About the book:
TO LOVE IS TO FALL...
On a rooftop in Elizabethan London two worlds collide. Shay is a messenger-girl and trainer of hawks who sees the future in the patterns of birds. Nonesuch is the dark star of the city's fabled child theatre scene, as famous as royalty yet lowly as a beggar.
Together they create The Ghost Theatre: a troupe staging magical plays in London's hidden corners. As their hallucinatory performances incite rebellion among the city's outcasts, the pair's relationship sparks and burns against a backdrop of the plague and a London in flames. Their growing fame sweeps them up into the black web of the Elizabethan court, where Shay and Nonesuch discover that if they fly too high, a fall is sure to come.
Fantastical and captivating, The Ghost Theatre charts the rise and dramatic destruction of a dream born from love and torn apart by betrayal.
About the author:
Mat Osman is the bassist and founder member of iconic British rock band Suede and a composer of music for TV and films. He also worked as a culture journalist during the noughties, writing about art and travel for papers, magazines and online.
Kate Feld's writing has appeared in Tolka, The Letters Page and The Stinging Fly. Her debut chapbook is forthcoming from Manchester experimental press Death of Workers Whilst Building Skyscrapers. She teaches journalism at the University of Salford.
Doors: 18.30, event starts: 18.45
Tickets are £3.00 or free when pre-ordering a copy of the book. THE GHOST THEATRE will also be available to purchase on the night and Mat will be signing copies after the talk. If you would like a signed copy but cannot make the event, please contact us on 0161 274 3331 or [email protected] and we can arrange this for you.
Where is it happening?
Blackwell's Bookshop, 146 Oxford Road, Manchester, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 3.00 to GBP 16.99
