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Seventh Father of the House,
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| Sound recording, story; The Seventh Father of the House, a Norwegian folk 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. | |
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| A story told by Abbi Patrix accompanying himself on an African thumb piano. A traveller comes to a house and asks the father of the house if he may stay the night. The old man replies that he is not the father of the house and directs him to an older man. This occurs six times until the traveller finds himself talking to an incredibly old man curled up in a horn hung on the wall. This is the seventh, and the true father of the house and he grants the traveller a bed for the night. | |
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| 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! | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| language:- | English; French |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 8 minutes, 14 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; talk:- |
storyteller; speaker: Abbi Patrix male / French / Norwegian |
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| origin:- | Norway Scandinavia |
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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; talk:- |
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 |
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