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Son of Asbon, The

Sound recording, story; The Son of Asbon, a West African wonder tale told by Abbi Patrix within the performance Au bout du Monde or The End of the World Show, 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.

Introduction to Abbi Patrix by Jillian Barker, Head of Education at the Barbican, followed by story told by Abbi Patrix accompanying himself with drum percussion. A boy buys a magical horse, The Son of Asbon, in return for the breasts of his mother. The boy rides the horse to the end of the Earth with a spider as a companion. There they see a witch who is squatting and deficating. The witch offers them hospitality, but to avoid shame, tries to kill them during the night. They are saved by a cockeral who has escaped being cooked the night before. The next day the boy and the spider leave on the horse, whose tail they have laced with razor blades. The witch chases them, but each time she tries to catch the horse's tail her hands are cut. The boy, the spider and the horse make their journey home.

Programme note reads - Europe's Finest storyteller, Abbi Patrix, makes a dramatic return to the Barbican with his reflections on the metaphor, 'the end of the world'. Explore the known and the unknown universe with personal tales of exotic travel and myths of ancient wanderings to the borders of the world. An evening of absurdity, mystery and compassion awaits!

audience:- adult
    recording quality
condition:- good
completeness:- complete
duration:- 0 hours, 14 minutes, 52 seconds

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).

storytelling:- storyteller; musician: Abbi Patrix
male / French / Norwegian

storytelling:- Master of Ceremonies: Jillian Barker
female / British / occupation Educationalist; Head of Barbican Education

origin:- Africa, West


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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
15 Feb 2007
mini-festival; public performance: Journeys of the Heart
Au bout du Monde
The End of the World Show


gift from:- The Barbican Centre


©  The London Centre for International Storytelling: 2007
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