About

Poppy Ackroyd

Brighton-based performer and composer Poppy Ackroyd is back, performing stunningly beautiful tracks from her fourth full length album 'Pause'. Written during the pandemic and shortly after the birth of her first child, the title refers to the feeling of normal life being temporarily put on hold.

'Pause' is a collection of 10 solo piano works. Poppy tells us: “For previous albums almost as much of the creative process was spent editing and manipulating recordings as it was composing at the piano, however after having my son, I struggled to spend time sat in front of a computer. The only thing I wanted to do while he was still small, if I wasn't with him, was to play the piano. In fact, much of the album was written with him asleep on me in a sling as I used any quiet moment to compose.

It therefore made sense that this album should be a solo piano album. I used extended technique - playing with sounds from inside the instrument - like I do in my multi-tracked recordings, however it was important to me that every track on the album could be entirely performed with just two hands on the piano.”

“On par with neo-classical giants Nils Frahm, Max Richter and Hauschka” - MOJO

Eva Lunny

Eva Lunny is a harpist, composer and ambient music producer from Brighton. Inspired by sonic pioneers such as Aphex Twin, Tim Hecker and Brian Eno, as well as renowned harpists Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane, Eva creates a mix of ambient soundscapes and neoclassical pieces for her live show, bringing audience members on a journey of sound and reflection.

Stage times

• Bar opens: 7pm
• Doors to auditorium open: 7.30pm
• Eva Lunny: 8-8.30pm
• Poppy Ackroyd: 8.50-10pm

General Information:

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