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Four Moths
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| a Conference of the Birds story | |
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| Sound recording, story; Four Moths, a Persian and Sufi folk tale from The Conference of the Birds, told by Ben Haggarty accompanied by musician Sherry Robinson, as part of the programme Beauty and the Beast with other Tales of Lovers of the Rose, in a mini-festival of stories, Journeys of the Heart, programmed by the Crick Crack Club and Barbican Education, in the Pit Theatre, Barbican Centre, London, 14th February 2007. | |
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| A story about understanding and experience, told by Ben Haggarty accompanied by Sherry Robinson on hammer dulcimer. Under an oak tree an older month is flying with three young moths. They see a light in the night. Each of the three young moths investigates in turn to see if they can find out what it is. The first sees it, the second sees it and feels its heat, the third flies closer and dies in its flames. It is only the third moth who actually discovers what it really is. | |
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| The Conference of the Birds is a book of Persian Sufi poetry by Farid ud-DIn Attar. The narrative is of a group of 30 birds, led by the hoopoe, who travel in search of the great Simorgh. In the 1970s the poem was adapted into a play by Peter Brook and John Carriere, which toured in Africa, and was also performed in New York and Paris. | |
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| Programme note reads - Join us on Valentine's Day to find out what really happened in that fairytale forest where the merchant lost his way. Acclaimed storyteller, Ben Haggarty joins forces with cellist/composer Sherry Robinson, to tell a seemingly familiar story in a powerful new way. This brooding multi-layered version of a very ancient tale will creep into your waking dreams and haunt you with its beauty...just as it has countless generations of our ancesters. This is a programme full of dark love stories and music: romantic, rich full of exquisite joy and pain. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 4 minutes, 55 seconds |
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| In 2003, Jillian Barker, Head of Education at the Barbican Centre, London, approached Ben Haggarty, Artistic Director of the Crick Crack Club, with a proposal to programme regular performance storytelling at the Barbican Centre. Since 2003 the Crick Crack Club has worked in partnership with Barbican Education to programme 9 events a year in the Barbican Pit Theatre, for adult audiences. These events are programmed during the three school half terms each year, with usually three evening events per half term. The performances of storytelling are occasionally preceded by pre-show talks. The Pit Theatre is an award winning black box theatre, which seats approximately 180 people (depending on the seating configuration). | |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 |
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| storytelling:- |
musician; composer: Sherry Robinson female / Irish |
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| origin:- |
poet: Farid Attar du-Din
composer: Sherry Robinson female / Irish Persia Sufi |
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| programming & administration:- |
programmer; Crick Crack Club Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty programmer: The Crick Crack Club administrator; programmer: The Barbican Centre; Barbican Education |
| storytelling:- |
London, England: The Barbican Centre: The Pit Theatre
14 Feb 2007 mini-festival; public performance: Journeys of the Heart Beauty and the Beast with other Tales of Lovers o |
| gift from:- |
The Barbican Centre |
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