Hayden Thorpe & Propellor Ensemble perform Ness
Evolutionary. Paradoxical. Wild Beasts’ vocalist on nature.
Hayden Thorpe is best known as the former frontman and chief songwriter for the much-loved band Wild Beasts. After being an Artist in Residence at The Glasshouse for 2023/24 he’s back, this time taking to the Sage Two stage to showcase his beautifully singular third album Ness, made in collaboration with best-selling nature writer Robert Macfarlane.
Hayden will perform Ness alongside members of Propellor Ensemble, promising to be a sonically spectacular and transformational live show.
Need to know
Venue: Sage Two (Theatre Layout)
Price: £24.80
Stage Times: Announced nearer showtime.
Age: Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult
What they say about the album
“Using a process of redaction, Thorpe brings songs to life from the pages of best-selling author Robert Macfarlane’s book of the same name. Ness is inspired by Suffolk’s Orford Ness, the former Ministry of Defence weapons development site during both World Wars and the Cold War. Acquired by the National Trust in 1993 and left to re-wild, it to this day remains a place of paradox, mystery and constant evolution. Thorpe’s Ness is an ode to Orford Ness, the physical place and the book it inspired, both featuring the words of Robert Macfarlane and the artwork of Stanley Donwood.” – Domino Records
