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Crick Crack Club Performance Storytelling

The Cinema of the Imagination: Fairy Tales for Grown-ups

Double Bill with Nell Phoenix & Ben Haggarty

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Thu 23 November 2017 // 19:30 (SOLD OUT)

Tickets: £8 advance, £10 on the door

The legendary Crick Crack Club brings its wild haven of fairytale, myth and epic to the Cube. Here the finest performance storytellers create a bold cinema of the imagination for thinkers, dreamers and seekers.

Double-bill:

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD & OTHER LOST GIRLS, by NELL PHOENIX

What did the Wolf do to Granny?
What did Little Red do to the Wolf?
What did Little Red do to Granny?!

The fairytale world is littered with girls who are lost or mislaid, and very few are as innocent as you might imagine. Nell Phoenix strays from the path in search of those who have played in the woods, forgotten the rules, and should have at least had an inkling that something was likely to go horribly wrong.

‘…kooky, creative and off the wall’ **** EVERYTHING THEATRE

THE BLACKSMITH AT THE BRIDGE OF BONES, by BEN HAGGARTY

If knowledge equals power, then what is the responsibility of such power?

Allow Ben Haggarty to lure you into a full-blooded fairytale for grown-ups. This dark story of power, knowledge, alchemy and male initiation, explores that enduring relationship between a teacher and an apprentice. Fierce, unflinching and beautiful by turn… here rules aren't broken lightly.

'Everything a fairy tale should be… unmissable' **** EVERYTHING THEATRE

'The doyen of Storytellers' **** REMOTE GOAT

BEN HAGGARTY is one of the world's leading contemporary storytellers, renowned for his passionate and physical performances. He tours widely, and has been a guest artist in over one hundred International Storytelling Festivals in 27 countries. He founded the legendary Crick Crack Club, is Honorary Professor of Storytelling at the Arts University of Berlin, and is author of the graphic novel, MeZolith.

NELL PHOENIX has been performing professionally since graduating from Goldsmiths College in 1984. As an actress, she has performed in theatres around the world. With an utterly engaging intimate storytelling style, Nell beautifully balances the comedic, the magical, and the sometimes downright rude. She is Artistic Director of StoryNights at Torriano.

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