Post by Dave B on Oct 6, 2022 10:34:08 GMT
Crick Crack Club are running what look like a fascinating series of Sunday afternoon shows in the British Museum over the next couple of months.
When the ancient Irish gods stepped onto the soil of Ireland, they burned their boats so they could never leave…
Storyteller Clare Muireann Murphy invites us into a beautiful yet bloodstained landscape where gods in golden halls drink from the cow of plenty, kings are healed by children, fathers vie with sons and lusty monsters spit in the face of the prophets. This contemporary performance of the Irish myths of invasion is tautly laced with wit and verve.
The Illiad www.britishmuseum.org/events/iliad
The epic story of the siege and fall of Troy is a blueprint for every war that has ever been fought – an extraordinary, ever-relevant account of the savagery and mad ecstasy of the battlefield.
Laced with dark humour, Daniel Morden and Hugh Lupton's poetic performance is shot through with half-familiar episodes – the wrangle over the Apple of Discord, the abduction of Helen, the launching of a thousand ships, the wrath of Achilles, the death of Hector.... And presiding over it all is a cast of immortal gods and goddesses who, with their petty bickering, are more than ready to wreak havoc among mortals.
Laced with dark humour, Daniel Morden and Hugh Lupton's poetic performance is shot through with half-familiar episodes – the wrangle over the Apple of Discord, the abduction of Helen, the launching of a thousand ships, the wrath of Achilles, the death of Hector.... And presiding over it all is a cast of immortal gods and goddesses who, with their petty bickering, are more than ready to wreak havoc among mortals.
Gilgamesh www.britishmuseum.org/events/gilgamesh
A bored king. A quest for eternal life. And the deepest secrets of the gods...
Over 3,500 years after this ancient Sumerian epic was first etched into clay tablets, world renowned storyteller Ben Haggarty and multi-instrumentalist Jonah Brody bring Gilgamesh to the stage in an extraordinary and powerful telling of one of the oldest stories in the world.
Haggarty's bold and physical performance is underscored by the uncanny psychedelia of Brody's music. The result is a passionate, fast-paced epic, laced with quick-witted humour.
Deities are irritated and appeased by turn, supernatural beings are slain, apocalypse is averted, and our anti-hero turned hero discovers what it really is to be a man.
This performance marks the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the Flood Story, part of The Epic of Gilgamesh on cuneiform tablets by researcher George Smith at the British Museum. His discovery made headlines around the world and started an enduring fascination with the story. Smith was the first to publish a translation of the epic in 1874, having pieced the fragments back together.
Over 3,500 years after this ancient Sumerian epic was first etched into clay tablets, world renowned storyteller Ben Haggarty and multi-instrumentalist Jonah Brody bring Gilgamesh to the stage in an extraordinary and powerful telling of one of the oldest stories in the world.
Haggarty's bold and physical performance is underscored by the uncanny psychedelia of Brody's music. The result is a passionate, fast-paced epic, laced with quick-witted humour.
Deities are irritated and appeased by turn, supernatural beings are slain, apocalypse is averted, and our anti-hero turned hero discovers what it really is to be a man.
This performance marks the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the Flood Story, part of The Epic of Gilgamesh on cuneiform tablets by researcher George Smith at the British Museum. His discovery made headlines around the world and started an enduring fascination with the story. Smith was the first to publish a translation of the epic in 1874, having pieced the fragments back together.
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I've never been to one of their shows but these have certainly caught my eye and I'm sure I've mentioned how much I appreciate Sunday matinees before. A tenner each!