21st November
The Crick Crack Club presents fairytales for Grown-ups from the Grimm forest, with storytellers Sally Pomme, Clayton, Ben Haggarty and Hugh Lupton and music by Sheema Mukherjee
A father and daughter sit beside a fire in the snow; a bride is bricked up in a tower; marvels gleam in the half-light, and the mysterious snake leaves bring transformation.
The dark and unexpected pasts of three dishevelled travellers lost in a forest are untangled in this subtle and beguiling fairytale for grown-ups. Seamlessly interweaving a dozen of Grimm’s lesser-known stories, legendary contemporary storytellers, Ben Haggarty, Hugh Lupton, and Sally Pomme Clayton, and extraordinary musician Sheema Mukherjee, embark on an enchanted search for truth.
Shot through with evocative music and luminous beauty, this is a show about what it is to be a human.
The Crick Crack Club is the UK’s boldest and busiest storytelling programmer and promoter, creating worlds in the imaginations of its audiences.
Ben Haggarty, Sally Pomme Clayton and Hugh Lupton are three of the most popular and highly respected performance storytellers working in the UK today.
Sheema Mukherjee is a member of Transglobal Underground and The Imagined Village project. She has collaborated with Sir John Tavener, Martin Carthy, Bobby McFerrin, Natacha Atlas, Noel Gallagher, Cornershop, Courtney Pine, and many others.
Ages: 16+
RUNNING TIME: 120mins + interval.
CONTENT WARNING: This performance contains descriptions of or references to death, incest, mutilation, rape, and maternal mortality contextualised within a paradigm of mythic narrative, archetype, and metaphor.
Tickets for the live stream performance are available here: https://www.storymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/crick-crack-streaming-the-three-snake-leaves
Prices
Prices start from £15.00