Get moving and check out People’s Choice Award Winning Poet, Sean M Whelan
We asked the winner of the 2010 poetry award for the Moving Galleries’ People’s Choice Awards a few questions in the lead up to his album launch this Sunday.
What’s happening?
Sean M Whelan & The Interim Lovers are launching their Softly & Suddenly Album
When’s it happening?
Sunday 24 October at 8pm
Where’s it happening?
The Toff In Town. Level 2. 252 Swanston Street.
How much does it cost?
$12/$20 with CD.
What’s the best train or tram stop to get off at?
Any tram stopping at the corner of Swanston and Lonsdale. Or Melbourne Central train station.
Where can we get more information?
Head to our website.
Now for some questions about the launch and the works!
Tell us a little about you or your group
A collaboration between poet Sean M Whelan and post-rock outfit The Interim Lovers. Softly & Suddenly was written in response to Lewis Carroll’s ‘Hunting of the Snark’ poem, but re-imagining it as a love poem.
What will people experience when they come to the reading?
A night of storytelling and music. A tale of two lost souls, Betsy & Ballard, falling down the rabbit hole of love.
How long have you been working on this event? And what’s been involved?
Over a year. The show was first performed at the 2009 Overload Poetry Festival for which it recently won the Shelton Lea award for Best Group Performance.
Where did you draw your inspiration from?
Lewis Carroll mostly for this show, but also the work of the Magical Realism and Dirty Realism novelists. Isabelle Allende, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Raymond Carver, Richard Ford.
In 10 words or less why should people get moving and check it out?
Haunting, award winning, melancholy, moving, magical, contemporary myth, mesmerising, unique.
What was your biggest challenge along the way?
Recording the album on a tiny budget, using a friend’s house as a studio.
Where will we see you next?
Writing new material to be performed in 2011!
