Artists and performances. Brontë newsround

Several references in the news today to different artists that create or perform something Brontë-related.

The Cedar City Review explains how the Californian artist Jenna Hepworth is moving her studio to Cedar City. Describing her work we read the following:

“For me, a painting is successful if it leaves an impression in the mind – if after that first impression you revisit it over and over again and it only becomes stronger,” she said.
Painting mostly by intuition, she has incorporated into her paintings the pages of such books as A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

A new production of Jane Eyre. The Musical is announced for the next season of the Mississippi State University's Lyceum Series.

The Georgetown Record informs about the rehearsals of the new production of the Moonlight Company

The talented young performers of Moonlight Productions are cracking themselves up. It's two weeks before opening, and the group is at the First Congregational Church rehearsing its original parody on itself, entitled "Forbidden Moonlight." (...) Kerry Donovan of Georgetown uses her high soprano voice to good effect in a duet with Ashley Morton of Boxford. Donovan plays a sweet actress and Morton plays a crafty, manipulative actress - well, every show needs a villain. The two sing their own lyrics to a duet from "Jane Eyre, the Musical."

Straight.com has an article about Kozuko Hohki. In the past we have posted about Hohki's project on Wuthering Heights. The last thing we know is that a scratch performance will take place on November 7/8 in Birmingham.

Next up for the talented interdisciplinary artist is a stage production based on her idiosyncratic reading of Wuthering Heights.

“Being Japanese in England, for me, it’s kind of a beneficial thing, because I have a lot of resources which other English artists don’t have,” she explains, on the line from the British capital. “And one of those things is that I first experienced English culture in Japan, which provides some quite interesting aspects to tackle. Wuthering Heights was one of the books I read in Japan when I was a teenager, and I was very fascinated by it. It had a very strong impact on my emotional life, and that’s what we are using for this next show.”

Categories: In_the_News, Jane_Eyre, Wuthering_Heights, Theatre, Music