Carolyn Waudby’s poem evoking the killing of the last recorded great auk in Britain took flight once again at a talk for the Hunter Archaeological Society in Sheffield. The talk was delivered by author and ornithologist emeritus Professor Tim Birkhead, who is an expert on the extinct great auk. Prof. Birkhead made contact with Carolyn…
Cradle of Fire Film Goes Immersive
Audiences seeing the Cradle of Fire film in 360 degrees for the first time described it as “fabulous” and “exciting”. Carolyn Waudby and Diana Scarborough were commissioned to show an immersive version of their film in a new Igloo projection space at Sheffield Hallam University for the 2025 No Bounds Festival . Filmmaker Diana Scarborough…
Garefowl Gig
In a chance last-minute connection, Carolyn was invited to read her poetry with folk collective Garefowl to a full capacity audience at The Drama Studio, Sheffield.Garefowl were playing in the city as part of the Talking Gigs world music events programme. Violinist Ewan MacDonald is the direct descendant of one of four men who, in…
River Don poems at faethm
Poetry exploring the dark side of the river Don in Sheffield written and read by Carolyn Waudby formed part of the four-day faethm event at Kelham Island Museum. Carolyn returned to the museum, where the Cradle of Fire film was launched, to give a reading of poems she wrote after searching for the source of…
Cradle of Fire – The Album
Following the success of the Cradle of Fire film, composer and musicologist Kim Cunio launched The Album – soundtracks from the film including #poetry, new compositions and artwork plus bonus tracks of industrial #sound recordings made at Kelham Island and Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, #Sheffield. Listen to cannon chanting, the sounds of the #River Don Engine…
Cradle of Fire on BBC Radio
Carolyn chatted to Paulette Edwards at BBC Radio Sheffield (pictured) about where the idea for the Cradle of Fire film came from.
Film Premiere – Cradle of Fire
Cradle of Fire, the short film based on the story of Roman god Vulcan, will be premiered in Sheffield on November 7 2024. The film re-imagines the mythological story of Vulcan, god of fires, furnaces and volcanoes, who was chosen as an icon for Sheffield at the height of its steelmaking. Working in partnership with…
Website unveiled for Cradle of Fire film
The Cradle of Fire team are thrilled to launch the website for their forthcoming film on Roman god #Vulcan. Work is hard underway on the writing, recording and research for the story of the god of fire, furnaces and #volcanoes, who was adopted as an icon for Sheffield’s #steel industry. Vulcan made his forge in…
Cradle of Fire
Filming has started on a new venture in which Carolyn will be using poetry to narrate the story of the god Vulcan and Sheffield steelmaking. Cradle of Fire is a collaborative project led by multi-media artist Diana Scarborough with whom Carolyn is working as co-director on the short film, due to be completed in autumn…
earthrise
A poem inspired by French surrealist Paul Eluard and the iconic images of earth from space published in Orbis literary journal.
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