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| Sound recording, story and saying; a folk tale based on a saying of West African or Afro-Caribbean origin told by TUUP, 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. | |
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| Crick Crack call and response followed by story told by TUUP. Introduced by the saying 'What an elder can see sitting down, a younger man may not see standing up'. A King is tired of his advisors, so to cause trouble, he suggests to the sons of his advisors that they kill their fathers and gain power. One boy does not kill his father and instead hides him in the mountains. The King soon tires of his knew young advisors and challenges them to build a building from the top down. If they do not succeed they will be beheaded. The boy who did not kill his father, asks his father's advice. Then the boy goes to the King and tells him that it is he who must lay the head stone. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 16 minutes, 20 seconds |
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| Performing in the programme Thrones of Justice were Jan Blake and TUUP. | |
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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: TUUP; Godfrey Duncan male / British / Guyanese |
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| origin:- |
Africa, West
Caribbean
Afro-Caribbean |
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| event flyer | |
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| associated:- |
storyteller: Jan Blake
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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
01 Jun 2005 mini-festival; public performance: Thrones of Freedom Thrones of Justice |
| gift from:- |
The Barbican Centre |
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