Writer and producer Adam is the lead artist for Wingbeats.
Adam is a poet, librettist and producer and is currently Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing (.4) at the University of Leeds. He has worked as a performer and maker, and co-founded Chol Theatre, the pioneering inter-cultural company based in Huddersfield.
His first collection of poetry, An Indian Rug Surprised by Snow, was published in 2005 by Wrecking Ball Press and he recently won the Yorkshire Prize in the Yorkshire Open Poetry Competition.
Adam regularly collaborates with composers and his opera, Green Angel, was premiered in Leeds in January 2011.
Amy’s Last Dive (Leeds)
Amy wonderful Amy! Joan of Arc in a flying helmet? Rambler, hockey player, pilot, mechanic, lover and celebrity, Amy Johnson is as much of our time as she was for her own time. This sung drama looks back at her tempestuous life, and...
Amy’s Last Dive (Bridlington)
Amy wonderful Amy! Joan of Arc in a flying helmet? Rambler, hockey player, pilot, mechanic, lover and celebrity, Amy Johnson is as much of our time as she was for her own time. This sung drama looks back at her tempestuous life,...
Wingbeats – a taster…
Swooping on us this summer and the next, Wingbeats is about flying, birds, poetry, song, dance, art, performance and the stunning landscape of the East Yorkshire coastline....
Wingbeats
Flying is the ultimate freedom of movement and Wingbeats explores flight in all its forms, from the bevies of birds at Bempton and Flamborough Head to the inspirational story of Amy Johnson, Yorkshire’s own aviatrix. Wingbeats is teaming amazing artists with local schoolchildren to create work inspired not only by the theme of flight...
