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Sonica: Hand To Mouth To - Keeley Forsyth

Sonica: Hand To Mouth To - Keeley Forsyth
Date 27th Sep 2026 3.30pm - 4.30pm Price £18/9 concession. Sonica Pass holders get 25% off tickets. Location Tramway View map Book tickets 0141 276 0950 0141 276 0950 Tickets are subject to transaction fees: £1.50 online, £1.75 by phone

Part of Sonica Glasgow 2026

Scottish premiere

“Her voice is a spectacular thing: a cut-glass vibrato that brings to mind ANOHNI, or the unearthly tremble of late-period Scott Walker” – Pitchfork

Set in a darkened, ambiguous space, Hand To Mouth To is a mysterious performance: somewhere between slam poetry, spoken-word performance and religious ceremony. Lauded singer Keeley Forsyth has enlisted artistic collaborators to expand and rework her Hand to Mouth EP of 2025 for this reimagining, which includes on-stage cellist Colin Alexander and pianist Matthew Bourne, plus sonic interventions from Ross Downes. Excerpts from a specially commissioned response to the EP by novelist Jean-Baptiste del Amo slither in and out of a performance moving from starkly intimate to soaringly remote.

Duration - 60 mins

ACCESS - Highly visual/ no or little text 

Credits 
Keeley Forsyth – voice and narrator
Matthew Bourne – Piano, memorymoog
Colin Alexander – Cello
Ross Downes – Sound Design
Producer – Laura Ducceschi
FOH Sound – James King

Supported by the PRSF Beyond Borders and Outlands Network



Photo of Keeley Forsyth by Jose M. Spínola