Performance storytelling by TUUP, Tim Ralphs, Nell Phoenix and Sarah Liisa Wilkinson.

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Summer is here and the temperature is rising...

Four Crick Crack Club storytellers take to the stage for a night of gloriously rude folklore and fairy tales. This no-holds-barred evening of innuendo and bawdiness peeps beneath the petticoats of flirtation, raises a suggestive eyebrow at forbidden love, and takes the urges of men and women firmly in hand.

Lowering the tone for your delight are the glint-toothed, unprecedented preacherman TUUP; the oh-so-knowing Sarah Liisa Wilkinson; the irreverent reverend Tim Ralphs; and the naughty-but-nice Nell Phoenix.

Expect funny, saucy, and deliciously improper stories that stray below the belt.

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CONTENT WARNING: this performance includes references to and descriptions of sexual acts and seduction contextualised within a paradigm of mythic narrative, archetype and metaphor.

TUUP

Godfrey Duncan, aka TUUP (The Unorthodox, Unprecedented Preacher), is an international storyteller, musician, and poet who was born in London to Guyanese parents. TUUP became a professional storyteller in 1981 when he joined forces with Ben Haggarty as part of the West London Storytelling Unit, which went on to become the internationally acclaimed Crick Crack Club, where he still performs today. An epic entertainer, TUUP has traveled the world extensively, captivating audiences across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas along the way. TUUP is also the lead singer, percussionist and lyricist of Transglobal Underground, a London-based group mixing Indian, Arabic, African and popular contemporary music with a reggae and techno expression.

tuup-storyteller.com

TIM RALPHS

Tim Ralphs is a brave, experimental and innovative storyteller and active exponent of narrative in art. He gained much acclaim at 'The Young Storyteller Of The Year' competition in 2007 and won a 'British Award For Storytelling Excellence' in 2012. He has performed everywhere from the majestic Teutonic castle at Alden Biesen in Belgium to the muddy Shropshire fields of The Festival At The Edge to the sophisticated theatres of Soho and The Barbican. His stories are drawn from a rich medley of myth and folktale but also include live adaptations of absurd texts and wondrous re-imaginings of classic fairy tale material in evocative urban settings.

NELL PHOENIX

Nell Phoenix has been performing professionally since graduating from Goldsmiths College. She has appeared with theatre companies for 12 years, touring all around the world - from the Blackpool Grand to the Sydney Opera House; all over the UK, Ireland, Eastern and Western Europe, and Australia; and in all sorts of spaces and places in between.

Recent work includes stories told at the British Museum, Hampton Court Palace, Royal Opera House, Newlon Housing Estate, Rich Mix, Blast Storytelling Club, Earthouse Cranbourne, Fireside Festival, Highgrove, Hackney Library, Kensington Palace, and for NTS Live, Dalston's cool digital radio station.

She also creates unique stories for charities and companies; commissions include Hampton Court Palace, Victoria And Albert Museum, British Museum, 40 Winks Bedtime Stories, World Wildlife Fund, Arts For Human Rights, After Adoption, Radley Handbags, and Selfridges.

nellphoenix.co.uk

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'Kooky, creative, and off the wall.'
Everything Theatre

SARAH LIISA WILKINSON

Half-English and half-Finnish, storyteller Sarah Liisa Wilkinson is one of the brightest new talents to emerge in British storytelling. She trained as a performer with Philippe Gaulier and as a storyteller with Nell Phoenix and Ben Haggarty. She has told stories to audiences in clubs, pubs, festivals, churches, front rooms and all-night sleepovers. She is a member of The Embers Collective.

CRICK CRACK CLUB

'Mesmerising. The Crick Crack Club weaves a web of enchantment.'
Time Out London

Founded in 1987 by world-class performance storyteller and sector pioneer Ben Haggarty, today Crick Crack Club is the UK's busiest and boldest performance storytelling programmer and promoter. It creates exuberant, intelligent, wild, weird, and wonderful events in London, Bristol, Dorset, and across the UK that draw people from all walks of life into a shared experience and the stunning content of international fairy tales, folktales, myths and epics. Featuring outstanding performance storytellers and the very best new talent, its annual public programme of shows and residencies can be found in theatres; at festivals; in castles, caves, village halls, rose gardens, and derelict warehouses.

crickcrackclub.com

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'A treasure house of humour, romance and myth.'
City Limits

★★★★☆
'Unmissable... magical performances in unique venues... chilling, mystifying, adventurous and romantic.'
Everything Theatre

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Every month, Crick Crack Club brings its wild haven of fairy tales, myths and epics to the awesome red velvet surroundings of Bristol's finest independent cinema, theatre, and place of happenings, The CUBE Microplex: THE place in Bristol for unusual events, performance art, spoken word, and live storytelling for grown-ups.