Faber & Faber’s publication of Alice Oswald’s ‘Sleepwalk on the Severn’ adds to the mystery of the River Severn and the Severn Estuary, one of Britain’s most enigmatic places.
To coincide and as part of 2009’s Severn Project, live performances of the poem have been set to voices and music by Stroud-based theatre group Taurus Voice, with music by by Pete Rosser.
An incredible place, the Severn. Britain’s longest river, was named ‘Sabrina’ by the Romans and is home to Britain’s longest tidal wave. Visitors these days head for Gloucester Docks or the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust at Slimbridge to encounter the atmosphere, history or wildlife of the area.