28/03/2014, Total Theatre
The story starts off with a casually-delivered bombshell. A simply-dressed young woman takes centre stage, reading from a sheaf of papers on a downstage table. ‘That’s final – it is inoperable,’ she reads. Cancer then, and terminal, in the opening lines, or rather bars, for this story is to be sung,...
28/03/2014, In May - theatre review | Female Arts
'In May' is a play in the form of letters (emails) written by a dying son to his father, which are sung. It does not neatly fit into any genre although I think (with my limited knowledge) that opera would be closest in format. But first a confession of my own - I drove to Brighton from Reading witho...
28/03/2014, Behaviour: In May @ Tramway | Theatre Review | The Skinny
Performed by the Ligeti Quartet with Samuel Rice, Fredrik Holm at the piano, and sung by Leentje Van de Cruys, In May follows a dying man
14/03/2014, Nuits de Fourvière : les noms sont lâchés ! Mise en vente des billets le 17 mars à 11h00
Nuits de Fourvière : les noms sont lâchés ! Mise en vente des billets le 17 mars à 11h00 : A une époque de grandes écoutes (téléphoniques) et de surveillance NSA(tique), difficile de garder un secret. A J-3, la programmation des Nuits de Fourvière a finalement fuité via des webzines lyonnais. Et aut...
13/03/2014, Neil Hannon escribe sobre su padre con Alzhéimer | jenesaispop.com
The Divine Comedy no publican disco desde el excelente 'Bang Goes The Knighthood' de 2010, pero Neil Hannon ha estado involucrado en nuevos proyectos. El día
13/03/2014, Neil Hannon's new song cycle inspired by his dad
Divine Comedy frontman Neil Hannon was inspired to write his new song cycle, To Our Fathers in Distress, by his father's diagnosis of Alzheimer's.
13/03/2014, Neil dedicates his composition for Festival Hall to his father | Impartial Reporter
Enniskillen-educated singer and composer Neil Hannon has written a piece of commissioned music for London’s Royal Festival Hall’s newly renovated organ, inspired by his father, the former Church of Ireland Bishop of Clogher, the Rt. Rev Brian Hannon.
13/03/2014, Divine Comedy singer Neil Hannon reveals father's Alzheimer's inspired new song - Independent.ie
Divine Comedy frontman Neil Hannon has opened up about his father's battle with Alzheimer's disease, which he was diagnosed with in 2008.
13/03/2014, Neil Hannon: my father's Alzheimer's was the inspiration behind To Our Fathers in Distress
When London's Southbank Centre asked me to write a piece for the Royal Festival Hall's newly renovated organ, I set out on a mental pilgrimage on my father's behalf
12/03/2014, BN1 Chats To… Neil Hannon - BN1 Magazine
BN1 chats to The Divine Comedy frontman Neil Hannon, ahead of his show – In May coming to The Old Market as part of Brighton’s Sick! Festival.
12/03/2014, Neil Hannon: May Songs | Exeunt Magazine
Neil Hannon: May Songs - A brief chat with the founding member of The Divine Comedy.
12/03/2014, Sowing the seeds for star turn with Divine frontman
Tim Clarke already has West End star, rock band singer, and landscape gardener on his CV.
12/03/2014, IN MAY - TOM - The Old Market, Brighton & Hove
Part of SICK Festival 2014, In May is a moving and at times funny meditation in song. At TOM The Old Market, Hove, March 2014.
12/03/2014, In May
In May takes the form of a series of letters from a son to a father, during his last months in the advanced stages of cancer. Each has been set to music by Neil Hannon, the renowned musician, singer and leader of pop group The Divine Comedy. Featuring stunning projections, sumptuous live vocals and ...
12/03/2014, Home
In 24 episodes, IN MAY explores the relationship between a dying son - a musician - and his absent father through a series of letters. At times funny, at times deeply moving, at times unbearably sad, at times joyous, but never less than utterly compelling, IN MAY is a powerful celebration of life an...