Event 286

Nha Thuyên with MontenegroFisher, Wanda O’Connor and Lowri Hedd Vaughan

An International Poetry Performance: Rising and Sinking Like Mountains in Streams

 – Exchange Marquee

Explore poetic encounters between Vietnam and Wales with an hour of visceral performance and poetry. Led by Vietnamese poet Nha Thuyên, this event showcases an artistic exploration of two rivers – the Red River, which runs through Vietnam, and the River Wye, which runs through Wales.

Thuyên is joined by duo MontenegroFisher, inspired by classical female poet Ho Xuân Hương, for a performance resonating with resilience, sensuality and nature’s force. Two emerging artists from Wales also join to present their collaboration interpreting landscape, language and sound through the lens of ecology. Dr Wanda O’Connor is an academic and writer working in contemporary poetry and poetics; Lowri Hedd Vaughan is a regenerative practitioner concerned with the restoration of natural living systems.

Price: £16.00

Booking is now open to Hay Festival Membership+ and Circle members. Please sign in to access your account or become a member to book now.

Booking for all other Members opens at 12pm on Wednesday 11 March.

General booking opens at 12pm on Saturday 14 March.