A MONTHLY STORYTELLING NIGHT FOR GROWN UPS FEATURING SOME OF THE UK’S FINEST TELLERS
2nd Saturday of the month.
7.30pm (Bar & Bookshop from 7pm)
Brigsteer Village Hall, Nr Kendal, LA8 8AL
Tickets £10 on the door (card or cash)
SATURDAY 13TH DECEMBER, 7.30PM
Brigsteer Village Hall
Beowulf is the oldest story in the English language – and it still has the power to raise the hairs on the back of the neck!
It tells of a hero’s life, a life that is mapped by three tremendous blood-curdling encounters.
As a young man Beowulf defeats the monster Grendel and his even more terrifying Mother, the original creatures from the Black Lagoon. Then, as an old man, he tries his strength against a gold guarding Fire-Drake (a dragon).
Alongside these adrenalin-charged encounters the story explores the journey we all make from the seeming invincibility of youth to the heroic vulnerability of old age. The story has had a tremendous effect on the imagination of many writers and poets, most notably J.R.R. Tolkien. Without Beowulf there would have been no Lord of the Rings.
“impossibly engaging storytelling” The Guardian
Hugh Lupton is an award-winning storyteller, performer and author. He is also a poet and lyricist. His work spans over 35 years, working on both solo projects and in partnership with other artists, writers, musicians, illustrators and performers.
He has toured both nationally and internationally and has performed at the RSC, the National Theatre and the Barbican, as well as at schools, community venues and arts centres the length and breadth of Britain. His repertoire ranges from Greek epic to Grimms Fairy Tales, from Norse and Celtic myth to East Anglian folk-tales, from the Great War to John Clare. Thematically his work often explores our place in the landscape and the deep cultural memories we carry.
SATURDAY 10TH JANUARY, 7.30PM
Brigsteer Village Hall
Wild, irreverent, stupid, wise, dangerous and outrageously rude, Coyote has questions.
BIG Questions.
Looking for answers he crosses land and sky, breaks the rules, dances with illusion, cheats death and wreaks havoc at every turn.
Emily Hennessey stumbles through the chaos of parenthood and life while celebrating the great First Nation trickster, the original creator and fool, riffing on the blues and high on himself.
Raw, rough and close to the edge.
Recommended for 16+
★★★★★ “An irreverent but profound performance” Remote Goat
