Name: Red Sky at Sunrise: Laurie Lee in Words & Music
Start: 2026-07-17T19:00:00
Location: Subscription Rooms

Anton Lesser

Charlie Hamblett

Orchestra of the Swan

This captivating adaptation of Laurie Lee’s celebrated autobiographical trilogy – Cider with Rosie, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning and A Moment of War – weaves together music and words to celebrate Lee’s engaging humour, as well as his darker side.

Red Sky at Sunrise: Laurie Lee in Words & Music

Southbank Centre

Subscription Rooms

Starring Anton Lesser, A Beautiful Thread weaves Hardy’s life – dramatic as any of his books – with his beautiful poetry and great novels, including Far From the Madding Crowd, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure. Hardy put more music in his work than any other writer, and Orchestra of the Swan’s on-stage musicians weave Hardy’s own words with a dazzling performance of Holst, Purcell, and contemporary folk.