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Sometimes Even Words Put Down
Roots
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| a King Midas story | |
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| Sound recording, story; Sometimes Even Words Put Down Roots, a version of the King Midas story from Geek mythology, told using objects, by Jeorg Baesecke and Hedwig Rost, as part of the programme Around the World in Eighty Minutes, 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, 11th November 2005. | |
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| Self-introduction by Hedwig Rost and Jeorg Baesecke followed by story told by both artists and illustrated by hand shapes and actions. A King has a horn on his head; only his barber knows and is sworn to secrecy. One day the barber can bear it no longer and shouts the secret down a well. Reeds grow around the well. A shepherd cuts the reeds to make a flute and when he plays the flute it sings out the secret. The secret spreads and reaches the ears of the King. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | incomplete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 4 minutes, 39 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: Jeorg Baesecke male / German / German, North West / born 07.02.1954 |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller; musician: Hedwig Rost female / German / German, West / Bavarian / born 01.05.1959 |
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| origin:- | Greece |
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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
11 Nov 2005 mini-festival; public performance: The North Wind Speaks Around the World in Eighty Minutes |
| gift from:- |
The Barbican Centre |
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