HARRY'S SEAGULL
Out now!

Tour dates

06/07/2024


10/07/2024


11/07/2024


15/07/2024


16/07/2024


17/07/2024


21/07/2024


4-6/08/2024


13/10/2024


17/10/2024

GATE TO SOUTHWELL
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

DORKING FOLK CLUB
SURREY

ROSSLYN COURT
KENT

DEN HOPSACK
ANTWERP (BE)

PONYBAR
HAMBURG (DE)

CAFÉ DAHL
WREMEN (DE)

FOLK IN THE TOWN
NORFOLK

SIDMOUTH FOLK
FESTIVAL, DEVON

ERIC'S PIZZA
NORTH NORFOLK

ISLINGTON FOLK CLUB
LONDON

About

GEORGIA SHACKLETON

Georgia works with fiddle, voice, tenor guitar and drones to create crisp arrangements of old songs, and new compositions. Georgia is a critically acclaimed song writer, with self penned songs and traditional re-workings achieving national radio play on BBC radio 2, BBC radio 4, and a BBC 3 live session.

Georgia takes great influence from the traditional singers of the East of England such as Harry Cox, Walter Pardon and Phoebe Smith. Traditional material she performs often stems from her native East Anglia and her own compositions are often inspired by stories from the region and the areas unique, compelling landscape. Her solo album, ‘Harry’s Seagull’ is a celebration of East Anglian traditional music. The album is named after a tune she wrote and dedicated to Harry Cox, after the touching discovery that he kept a wounded seagull as a pet for a period of time.

SHACKLETON TRIO

Captivating songwriting and fiery tunes that combine mandolin, fiddle, guitar and banjo with powerful three part harmonies. The unmistakable sound of The Shackleton Trio brings to life the stories of their native East Anglia, and beyond. ‘The Shackleton Trio’, who have been a tour de force on the UK and international folk circuit over the last 10 years, with BBC2, BBC3, BBC4 and BBC6 radio play, appearances on Cambridge Folk Festivals main stage, as well as numerous UK and international tours. www.shackletontrio.co.uk


SHACKLETON VIOLIN

Georgia recently received support from Arts Council England to compose a body of work to celebrate our struggling marine life, collaborating with conservationist and Luthier, Steve Burnett using his Shackleton Violin. This amazing instrument is made from floorboards salvaged from Ernest Shackleton’s former Edinburgh home, and driftwood collected from East Lothian beaches. Sign up to mailing list to receive updates on how the project is going, including recordings of songs written and sung on board Shackleton’s expeditions..

KITEWING

Soaring harmonies and roaring fiddles combine with guitar, mandolin and banjo to play songs of the sea, migration and environmental struggle. The pulse of the natural world is the core of this band. Driving tune sets ad compelling instrumentals weave throughout the ‘Kitewing’ set, an act that unites to critically acclaimed UK groups ‘The Shackleton Trio’ and ‘Christina Alden & Alex Patterson’.

Both award winning bands have toured the UK, Europe and Scandinavia extensively, and collectively have achieved National radio play on BBC 2, BBC radio 4, BBC 3 live sessions, BBC 6 music and RTE 1. www.kitewingmusic.com

TUITION

Georgia is available for 1:1 tuition in fiddle and voice, festival workshops, and in school workshops. She teaches regularly in secondary schools, in a 1:1 capacity and workshop delivery. Georgia regularly participates in professional development days, possesses a diploma in social pedagogy, and has participated in Music Leader training with Dr Robert Wells of Guildhall School of Music. Georgia has up to date comprehensive safeguarding training, and full DBS.

Georgia was part of the team of tutors at last years Cambridge Folk Festival Hub band, and has been invited back this year to run the workshops as lead tutor, working with some of the finest young folk musicians in the UK. For tuition enquiries email: georgiaoliviashackleton@gmail.com

THEATRE

Georgia recently collaborated with High Tide Theatre, as composer and musical director. Together they created a piece of environmentally conscious theatre which toured East of England for 4 weeks, finishing with 3 performances at the iconic Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.

"Beyond the familiar ghost-story tropes, the stories are anchored in relatable pain and anguish. Loss, fear and anger are churned up to supernatural proportions through imaginative text and articulate performances, which bind the pieces together" - ★★★ - The Stage

"A symphony of storytelling and folk melody. In the softly illuminated auditorium of Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, with a violin accompaniment, a Peregrine Falcon takes centre stage, serving as the narrator for three haunting tales set in the mystical landscapes of East Anglia. This region of the country, with its pre-Christian temples, Viking stories, and vast beaches, has inspired the likes of M.R. James, and in 2023, three gifted writers and a songwriter joined forces to craft an intimate evening of modern ghost stories in Ipswich and its surroundings. The result? A captivating sensory experience, an evening of female-centred ghost encounters: Ghost Stories by Candlelight." ★★★★ - West End Evenings

"Georgia Shackleton's 'Curse of the Fen' feels perfectly uneasy and gives a certain texture to the performance" ★★★★ - Theatre and Tonic

A version of the stage play adapted and recorded for audio.

In this episode of The Writing Life podcast, Holly is joined by Colchester-based playwright and HighTide/Peggy Ramsay Foundation writer in residence Nicola Werenowska and Norwich-based folk musician Georgia Shackleton to discuss writing for performance.

Nicola and Georgia were central to the development of Suffolk-based theatre company HighTide’s touring show Ghost Stories by Candlelight, which we were lucky enough to host at Dragon Hall last autumn. Ghost Stories by Candlelight was a brand new commission that brought together stories, music and song to tell a set of chilling, contemporary ghost stories that celebrate the people, landscape and fragile natural world of East Anglia… And we are very excited to announce that HighTide will return to Dragon Hall as part of a new tour in autumn 2024.

Together, Holly, Nicola and Georgia discuss the process of writing collectively, and the particular characteristics of ghost stories. They also touch on the representation of different voices and identities in the performance world, and the importance of place in their writing.