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| Sound recording, story; a Norwegian legend, told by Heidi Dahlsveen, as part of the programme At the Top of the Iceberg, in a mini-festival of stories, The North Wind Speaks, programmed by the Crick Crack Club and Barbican Education, in the Pit Theatre, Barbican Centre, London, 10th November 2005. | |
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| Introduction to herself, by Heidi Dahlsveen and commentary on the common image of Norway and Norwegians, including a reference to collectors of Norwegian folktales, Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe and the altertaiosn they made to Norwegian folklore when they recorded the stories they collected. Followed by a story told by Heidi Dahlsveen. A group of men are drinking, and run out of alcohol. A young man eager to prove himself, offers to go out into the winter night to collect liquor from the harbour. He encounters death, so to escape he takes a route through the churchyard. The dead rise to fight against death and the young man escapes. He returns to the drinking party, tells his story, but is not believed, until the men go to church the next day and see the churchyard in chaos. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 10 minutes, 2 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: Heidi Dahlsveen female / Norwegian / born 14.04.1966 |
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| origin:- |
folklorist: Peter Christen Asbjornsen
folklorist: Jorgen Moe 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:- |
London, England: The Barbican Centre: The Pit Theatre
10 Nov 2005 mini-festival; public performance: The North Wind Speaks At the Top of the Iceberg Norwegian and Sami Folktales |
| gift from:- |
The Barbican Centre |
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