Part of DISRUPT 2026

Presented by Yas Clarke 

A strange new a capella work from Bristol-based sound artist Yas Clarke, The Thicket is an intricate, rhythmic and melodic text score, composed for four voices. Sometimes narrative, sometimes abstract & non-verbal – this text is an arcane expression of the human relationship with its environment. 

Each singer is conducted by a distinct in-ear score, a process which allows for detailed structuring of the four-part score; phrases, words and syllables layered into elaborate rhythms and harmonies otherwise impossible to perform. The result is mesmerising & uncanny, an experience which transports & transfixes. 

“It’s not like much else I’ve heard… it’s really knocked me sideways, in a good way.”– Jen Allen, BBC Radio 3, Late Junction 

“A meditation on humans & our place on Earth, conjuring both a sense of home & another world… Clarke reminds us that the barriers between real & imagined, natural & inorganic, aren’t so strict.” – Vanessa Ague, The Quietus 

“A powerful meditation on the human voice… Remarkable”– Rebecca Franks, The Times

Performed by: Beni Evans, Kate Evans, Shirley Pegna, Kit Hall

Supported by Arts Council England National Lottery Grant 

Suitable for all ages

Duration: 45 minutes (no interval)

£18.50 • £13 student • £7.50 Troop members

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