presented by The Crick Crack Club
Running time: 1 hour
Suitable for ages 7 to 107
charity. comedy. family. live music. opera. play. poetry. storytelling.
Fairytales for Families:
Maria Morevna! (or how Prince Ivan got himself a horse)
Performed by Ben Haggarty
When Ivan meets warrior princess, Maria Morevna, he has a lot of catching up to do...and inadvertently releasing Maria's arch enemy isn't a particularly good start.
In this romper-stomper fairytale everything happens in threes; immortal monsters roam; super-witch Baba Yaga is a horse wrangler, and our hero Ivan will get himself both into, and out of, an awful lot of trouble.
Expect wild adventure, epic quests, and things only made possible by a hefty dose of magic. Sheer fast-paced fun for absolutely everyone aged 7 and over!
“Everything a fairytale should be!”
“Haggarty tells his stories with enormous gusto and relish”
“I was spellbound - I don’t use the word lightly - as Ben transformed the room into a glittering cave of wonder”
About Ben Haggarty
Fairytale teller extraordinaire, Ben has been telling stories his whole life! He is one of the world's most popular contemporary storytellers, renowned for his fun, passionate and physical performances. He tours widely and has performed everywhere from caves, to castles, to the Carnegie hall. Ben has been a guest artist in over one hundred International Storytelling Festivals in 25 countries, and for 10 years was the official storyteller with Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble. He has written comic strips for The DFC and The Phoenix and his graphic novel series ‘MeZolith' is published by Archaia.