Thanks to all those who joined us for Jim Kavanagh and Liam Carroll's Tales from the Tain in June. as one member of the audience said:
Fantastic! The contrast in telling style between Liam and Jim worked brilliantly well. Hope you go places with it.
They even got some kisses! Certainly the feeling was that they should develop the Tain into a show and take it on the road.
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From Irish tales though to Dominic Kelly telling CROW....
Intelligent, ruthless, stark, graceful... crows haunt both our outer and
inner landscapes. Dominic Kelly accompanies these black-feathered
tricksters through a northern borderland: here, in the shadows of the
saltmarsh channels, neither crows nor people are quite what they seem.
Welcome to Crow. In this powerful performance Dominic deftly interweaves myth, fairytale
and biography to map the life and death of his grandfather - a man who
was moulded by the time and place of his birth - until the boundary
between metaphor and reality becomes subtly undefined.
“Magnificent” “If I had to leave tonight, Dominic Kelly’s Crow would have been
worth the 3-hour drive”. Cambridge Storytelling Festival
"Absolutely brilliant night. An inspired and intense telling” “Remarkable”
Dreamfired Storynight, Cumbria |
| Dominic Kelly |
Dominic Kelly is a contemporary performance storyteller based in Lancaster,
England and Stockholm, Sweden. His dynamic and compelling style has captivated audiences in schools, theatres and festivals around the world. He has established
a reputation for powerful, entertaining work that brings together intricate
composition with the energy of improvised performance. He has curated the
storytelling programme at Litfest, and directed the storytelling programmes at
festivals across the UK, including Larmer Tree and Solfest. In 2009 Dominic was awarded the New Directions Commission by Cambridge
Storytelling Festival, with funding from the Arts Council, to create a new
performance for adults. Crow is the result. It was premiered at the festival in
2009, and has since been performed at venues including The Barbican, the Soho
Theatre in London's West End, the Westcountry Storytelling Festival, on tour with
the British Council in India and at The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival.
As usual we meet at 7.30 for an 8.00pm start. lest Jim have your guts for garters. Also we do ask for donations on the night. Whatever you can spare to ensure we can bring more wonderful storytellers like Dominic to Norwich!
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