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performance at ovada, april 2005
sean burn is a writer, performer & outsider artist with a growing international reputation.
he has completed theatre works for (among others) ctc; first draft theatre; half moon theatre; maverick productions; paines plough; pegasus youth theatre; under construction;
his short films – ayler, our ordinary map (chekhov), stealing brecht, sz and the terror we create are receiving screenings around europe.
he has had three cd's ov his work released, most recently speaksong (with gareth mitchell, musician).
he has exhibited text-art projects for (among others) cesta, czech republic; dada-south; dash; fold gallery, cumbria; and the humber mouth festival, hull.
skrev press (www.skrevpress.com) have published two full length collections of his writing - edgecities (isbn 1904646-34-4) and @ the edge (isbn 978-1-904646-39-6).
gobscure has just published sean burns first novel – margin-walking – isbn – 978-0-9557746-0-7. full details on the book and how to purchase it are available on the publications page ov this website.
contact gobscure as follows:
sean burn is one of this country's foremost experimental writers. what marks him out from all other such writers is the radical political and social agenda he brings to this innovative body of work which includes plays and pieces of prose fiction as well as experimental poetry. he is also a collaborative writer who works with musicians, film-makers, theatre directors, visual artists and other writers, and also young people and community groups he draws on a wide range of contemporary cultural sources, often from other writers, artists and musicians who like him are on the margins or from the 'underground', and he also draws from histories, political, social and personal, including his own, and this gives much of his work the potency of felt experience which so many who work in a similar vein, lack. jeremy hilton – editor of fire, and author of many poetry books including, most recently, lighting up time. (troubador publishing)
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