Hugh Lupton, Daniel Morden

& Nick Hennessey

The great English writer Alan Garner has described traditional stories as being ‘how a nation dreams’. If that is so, what might the recurring dreams of this nation be? The Sleeping King is an attempt to answer that question. Each story (whether told or sung) is an encounter with the other world – that world that resides beyond the known - always present but just out of reach.

Although the motifs may be familiar from other cultures, the stories as they appear here seem to us to say something fundamental about the soul of these islands. Chilling, poignant and beautiful by turns this programme of stories, music and song is a demonstration of the power of a classic tale well told.

Includes: Gawain and the Green Knight, The Pardoners Tale, Llyn y Fan Fach, Fairy Ointment, Tam Lin, The Loathly Lady & The King asleep under the Hill

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This show is going out at £900

(or £750 with just Hugh & Daniel)