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E-MAIL
hughlupton@aol.com
DATES: Winter & Spring 2009
January 23rd, ‘On Common Ground’ (with Chris Wood), Geddington Village
Hall, Northants, tel’ 01536 746272, 7.30pm
January
24th, ‘On Common Ground’ (with
Chris Wood), St Mary’s Church, Lowdham, Notts, tel 0115 9664143, 7.30pm
January
25th, ‘On Common Ground’ (with
Chris Wood), British Library, Euston
Rd, London, 2.30pm
February
20th, ‘Beowulf’ (with
Rick Wilson), Early Music Centre, York,
7.30pm (Tickets from
Jorvik Centre)
March 8th, ‘The Homing Stone’ (with Chris Wood and the
English Acoustic Collective), First Performance of new piece commissioned by the
Bath Literature Festival, Bath Guildhall, tel 01225 463362, 5.30 – 7pm
March 24th, ‘Speaking in Tongues’, Pontadarwe Arts Centre, Swansea, tel 01792
863722, 7.30 pm, followed by discussion.
March 25th, Workshop ‘A Chain of Voices’, Pontadarwe Arts Centre,
10am – 3pm
March 31st
– April 5th, Toronto Storytelling Festival, Canada
April 21st
– 26th, Alden Biesen
Storytelling Festival, Belgium.
May 9th, ‘The Iliad’ (with Daniel Morden), Brighton Festival
SUMMER
25th
– 28th June, Hugh Lupton & Sally Pomme Clayton residential
workshop at Cae Mabon, Llanberis, North Wales, all enquiries to: eric@fachwen.org, or phone 01286 871542,
or visit the Cae Mabon web-site on:
www.caemabon.co.uk
WHERE STORY AND HISTORY MEET
This course will
explore the borders between fact and fiction: how a real life can become
mythic, how a myth can be threaded through with fact. It will look at the
storytelling process involved in crafting a performance that combines story
and history. This might be mixing: fairytale with autobiography; legend with
local history; myth with biography. The course is for experienced
storytellers who want to develop their practice. Participants will be
required to bring their own story/history, fact/fiction material, and will
work with this during the course. The course will be led by Hugh Lupton and
Sally Pomme Clayton whose work has often explored the meeting of story and
history.
To register interest contact ....
Places will be offered on letter of application stating background and
experience, briefly describing the stories/histories you would like to
explore on the course.
ALSO….
Watch this space for performances at Hay Festival,
Festival at the Edge, Rural Touring in Suffolk,
Green Man Camp, Ancient Technology Centre & much more.
AUTUMN
12th
– 17th October, Week-long
Residential Workshop, ‘Storytelling and the Mythological Landscape: The
Passion of the Corn’ with Hugh Lupton & Eric Maddern, at Ty Newydd
Writers Centre, Llanystumdwy, Nr Cricieth, N. Wales, all enquiries to: post@tynewydd.org or phone 01766 522811
or visit Ty newydd web-site: www.tynewydd.org
THE PASSION OF THE CORN
After ice melt
and sea rise the Island
of Britain was ripe for
something new – felling forests, tilling soils, cultivating crops and
domesticating animals. In a word, farming. We began to live a settled
existence, pre-occupied with the seasonal cycle, with continuing fertility,
with rebirth after the death of winter. The Moon and the Snake became
enduring symbols of renewal. Agricultural surplus also meant the possibility
of wealth, the division of labour and a stratified society. Ancestor worship
was strong at first (as evidenced by the widespread making of burial
chambers), but over the millennia there was a shift to henges and stone
circles, suggesting a turn to the heavens, to celestial cycles, to elemental
gods and goddesses, the Earth Goddess primary among them. It was a
fascinating time in British prehistory.
This course will look at the mythology of the Neolithic and early Bronze
ages, with reference to some of the magnificent sites of North
Wales. Each course is self-contained, so participants do not need
to have attended the first course of the series. Storytelling experience is
essential.
Phone Hugh on 01263 733061 for more info
Or e-mail hughlupton@aol.com
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