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Sound recording, song and story; a song followed by a wonder tale and transformation tale of West African or Afro-Caribbean origin, told by Jan Blake, as part of the programme Thrones of Justice, in a mini-festival of stories, Thrones of Freedom, programmed by the Crick Crack Club and Barbican Education, in the Pit Theatre, Barbican Centre, London, 1st June 2005.

Participatory song sung by Jan Blake and TUUP, led by Jan Blake, with the words 'Big sister Nacki come out to play', 'little brother come out to play'. Names of audience members that Jan Blake knows are sung in place of 'Nacki' and 'little brother'. Those whose names are called stand and dance.

Eel Aall call and response, followed by story told by Jan Blake. When the son of the greatest hunter of the village is born, he promises to find and kill a leopard cub. He finds two leopard cubs and takes both. The mother Leopard comes to the village in the form of a women to find her cubs. She argues with the hunter, who refuses to release the cubs. She kills the hunter and rescues her cubs

audience:- adult
    recording quality
condition:- good; fair
completeness:- complete
duration:- 0 hours, 17 minutes, 27 seconds

Performing in the programme Thrones of Justice were Jan Blake and TUUP.

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; singing:- storyteller; singer: Jan Blake
female / British Jamaican / African Caribbean / British / born 18.03.1964

storytelling; singing:- storyteller; musician; singer: TUUP; Godfrey Duncan
male / British / Guyanese

origin:- Africa, West Caribbean
Afro-Caribbean


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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; singing:- London, England: The Barbican Centre: The Pit Theatre
01 Jun 2005
mini-festival; public performance: Thrones of Freedom
Thrones of Justice


gift from:- The Barbican Centre


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