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The expected runtime of this event is 60 minutes
The Crick Crack Club presents Dreaming the Great Bear - The Kalevala. Performance storytelling by Nick Hennessey.
A cow stands in a fire holding sun and moon between her horns. A pine martin gathers spit from the mouth of a bear to brew beer.
An egg falls from a nest just balanced on the sky-girl’s knee.
And from its broken shards, nothing becomes something….
Storyteller, musician and singer, Nick Hennessey forges a world into being. Here in the Finnish far north the light is just a little too bright and the dark a little too blinding, the rivers flow fast and deep and it’s all too easy to get lost in the forest.
Expect a remarkable performance of elemental epic as we enter the wild, playful, and surreal territories of the Finnish creation myth, the Kalevala.
60mins
For adults 14+
‘captivating, powerful, perfect' OXFORD CULTURE REVIEW
‘Compelling’ THE TIMES
‘spell-binding’ SOUTH BANK CENTRE, LONDON
‘a rare combination of artistic adventure and absolute accessibility…magical’ LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL
NICK HENNESSEY is man with a harp. What's not to like? Nick is widely acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading contemporary storytellers. He is the only international entrant to win the Runolaulu singing competition in Espoo, performing the Kalevala to the Finns, in English, and was commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to create a one-hour documentary about Kalevala in 2010. He has performed at London’s South Bank Centre, the Royal Albert Hall, Kings Place and the Soho Theatre, and extensively at folk, storytelling, and literature festivals throughout the UK and internationally (Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Canada and two national tours of Japan). www.nickhennessey.co.uk
The expected runtime of this event is 60 minutes
The Crick Crack Club presents Atalanta - Greek myths unleashed. Performance Storytelling by Ben Haggarty.
