presented by The Crick Crack Club
Running time: 2 hours, including a 20 minute interval.
Suitable for Grown-Ups (16+)*
charity. comedy. family. live music. opera. play. poetry. storytelling.
Fairytales for Grown-Ups: Orpheus Dismembered
Performance storytelling by Ben Haggarty, music by Jonah Brody
No remembering without forgetting...
No rebirth without death...
No ascent without descent...
These are the mysteries.
“Bloody brilliant”
Storyteller Ben Haggarty, and musician Jonah Brody, become guides to the dark places. Enter a subterranean dreamscape to meet Dionysus-God of Wine, born once from his mother and again from Zeus; Orpheus who can only find love through separation; Eurydice and Persephone eternally bound to the land of the dead; and Aphrodite scattering seeds of chaos, through which we must wade to find sense.
“Storytelling genius”
Ben Haggarty reads between the lines of Greek Mythology to restores them to their terrifying and truly awesome glory. This is world-class storytelling-dark, magical and provocative.
Whatever you do - don’t look back…
Ben Haggarty is celebrated for his uncompromising, elemental channelling of Greek Mythology. Jonah Brody is a multi-instrumentalist through whom music pours into the world.
*Content warning: Please be advised that this performance is based on raw Greek mythology and includes moments of violence, incest, rape, dismemberment, infanticide, alcoholic intoxication, cannibalism and death, alongside moments of beauty, magic, wonder, transformation and life.
Why not plan ahead and book a delicious picnic? Local supper club Husk delivers delightful, gourmet picnics to our picnic field one hour before your show - menu and booking here.
