So Below (Working Title)
Notes
Followed by post-show discussionSacred programme notes:Begin with a tree whose roots embrace a gaggle of displaced gravestones, and add the question: what’s the difference between pain and itch? The earth moves, old-time film stars dance, and a description of happiness from 1938 sounds as melancholy as a Victorian epitaph
| Artist / Author | Haranczak/Navarre |
|---|---|
| Reference | D1529 |
| Date | 2010 |
| Type | DVD |
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