Orpheon Voices
bringing literature to life

is a venture that promotes literature through the spoken word. The artists seek to work creatively with the word through the arts of poetry, narrative and drama. The spoken and the written word are our concern.
Formed in 2004 by Vanessa Underwood, the first year was dedicated to creating an ensemble of voices, who then performed To Tell the Hours, a sequence of poems from ‘A Shropshire Lad’ by A.E.Housman, interwoven with reflections on the poet’s biography.
In 2006, two new productions were added to the repertoire, and taken to Brighton Festival:
Pierrot Lunaire, an extravaganza for a cast of 69, using poetry, eurythmy and movement, with an original score.

Virginia and Vita for a summer’s evening, a solo-voice, solo-cello production devised and performed by Vanessa Underwood.

Window on Poetry is a monthly meeting place for those who love poetry. It meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month wherever the host, Vanessa Underwood, holds it – in its first year, meetings were held at Tobias School of Art, East Grinstead.