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Sappho: The Poetess
An ancient poet claims her voice, desires and creative life.
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This musical memoir centres Sappho as a poet, queer icon and early songwriter, tracing a woman who loves, dreams and creates against the limits placed around her. Hayley Canham’s piece presents her life as part of a longer history of women insisting on artistic and emotional freedom.
The fifty-five-minute piece uses a memoir structure and music to frame Sappho’s story through love, creativity and defiance rather than as a conventional historical biography.
musical memoirs, queer history, women artists and ancient-world subjects.
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- From 27 Sept 2026
- Booking until 27 Sept 2026
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