Performance by poet Iain Morrison and visual artist Corin Sworn about the climate crisis, inspired by the Little Sparta art garden, at Push the Boat Out.
pool burn lock and sluice comes to The Pleasance on Saturday 14 November, with poet Iain Morrison and visual artist Corin Sworn taking the stage. It's part of Push the Boat Out, Edinburgh's international poetry festival, which runs from 12-15 November at The Pleasance this year under the theme 'The Space Between'.
The piece grew out of a new residency programme Push the Boat Out launched in partnership with Little Sparta, the art garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay, and the artist's estate. Morrison and Sworn spent time working at the garden and became fascinated by the challenge of keeping it in good health during ongoing climate catastrophe, a theme that shapes the work. It had its first showing at Little Sparta on 27 September before moving into the main festival.
On the day, the performance is joined by a talk from Magnus Linklater, who's long associated with the garden. It's a collaboration between poetry and visual art, and it's one of the many ways the festival brings together poetry, theatre, music, spoken word and performance across its four days.
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Push the Boat Out is an award-winning arts and poetry charity that works to increase diversity in poetry by supporting collaborations with other art forms and highlighting artists from under-represented communities. The 2026 edition runs from 12-15 November at The Pleasance, and pool burn lock and sluice takes place on Saturday 14 November from 3:00 pm to 3:55 pm in The Pleasance Theatre Bar.
