An Evening Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

A live performance in London which will also be livestreamed and available online for a while afterwards. At SANDS FILMS STUDIOS, Rotherhithe, London SE16 4HZ. THE PRIEST’S TALE – with Michael Mears and violinist Chihiro Ono will be
followed by ANTONY OWEN – Peace Poet, discussing and reading from his work. ‘The bravest British poet of his generation’ (Joseph Horgan)
Newly revised and staged for live performance, THE PRIEST’S TALE by actor/playwright Michael Mears is his adaptation of one of the atomic-bomb survivors’ accounts from John Hersey’s remarkable book HIROSHIMA.
Father Wilhelm was a German Jesuit priest living in Hiroshima, who survived the blast but witnessed much of the destruction. THE PRIEST’S TALE is a clear-eyed depiction of the terror wrought at the start of our nuclear age…told with compassion, warmth and flashes of humour… Live musical accompaniment will be provided by London-based Japanese violinist CHIHIRO ONO. ‘An exceptional performance, incredible script.’ (Jo Siedlecka INDEPENDENT CATHOLIC NEWS)
ANTONY OWEN, from Coventry, is one of the leading writers of war and peace poetry active today. His collection The Nagasaki Elder was shortlisted for the coveted Ted Hughes Award and his work is taught at regular poetry workshops in Hiroshima. This event is supported by CND, with all donations being shared by Sands Films and CND.