Lou Salomé: Empathy With Daisies

Lou Salomé: Empathy With Daisies
Crewe Library, Crewe
12 Aug 2022

Detail from Lou Salomé: Empathy With Daisies by Mark Sheeky Detail from Lou Salomé: Empathy With Daisies by Mark Sheeky Detail from Lou Salomé: Empathy With Daisies by Mark Sheeky Detail from Lou Salomé: Empathy With Daisies by Mark Sheeky

About this event
The second performance of Lou Salomé: Empathy With Daisies, made in the presence of Stefano Santachiara. Empathy With Daisies explores the life of pioneering intellectual Lou Andreas-Salomé; the first female psychoanalyst and friend of Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Paul Rée, and Rainer Maria Rilke.

The event took place in the sunlit library. Poet Ann Watson assisted with live knitting for the Freud's Lecture piece.

The 'Solo Salomé' poetry Open Mic section included contributions from Ann Watson, Carol Forrester, actor Christopher Gilmore with Peter Balak, and Moragh Carter. The event was rounded off with a performance of Crumpsy Madpash, and an encore of The Bird in Borrowed Feathers.