The Telling returns to Lewes with “mesmerising” show about Hildegard of Bingen

The Telling performing Vision. Photo by Robert Piwko

The Telling returns to Lewes with their “mesmerising” show about Hildegard of Bingen at St Anne’s Church, the home of an Anchoress who had interesting parallels with Hildegard.

Leading actor of the stage and screen Teresa Banham (Royal Shakespeare Company) is set to join the critically acclaimed music and theatre company The Telling at St Anne’s Church, Lewes on Sunday 26th November with the “mesmerising” (The Guardian) show Vision by acclaimed playwright/singer Clare Norburn and BAFTA-nominated director Nicholas Renton (Mrs Gaskells’ Wives & Daughters, Lewis, Musketeers).

Vision is an imagined testimony of the extraordinary medieval abbess, Hildegard of Bingen. The show aims to give an insight into the painful and visceral visionary experiences Hildegard suffered throughout her life, covering some of the core emotional moments. She re-experiences meaningful episodes from her past, alongside her haunting and distinctive chant performed live by two singers and a harpist.