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Tiny Little Woodman, A
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Sound recording, story; A Tiny Little Woodman,
a wonder tale from Ghana, 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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Story told using the smallest stage in the
world, illustrated using objects on the Smallest Stage in the
World, 'Die Kleinste Buhne der Welt', a stage which is opened out
from suitcase a on Jeorg Baesecke's lap.
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A farmer catches a little wooden man stealing
the palm wine from his farm. In return the woodman grants the
farmer the gift of being able to understand the language of
animals, provided that he never reveals his secret power,
otherwise he himself will be turned into a wooden man. Later that
day the famer hears a cockeral reveal the whereabouts of buried
treasure, outside the famer's house. He digs and finds the
treasure and then reburies it, thus keeping his secret. A few
days later his wife and he make the journey to a the wedding of
the wife's cousin, carrying with them a basket of dumplings as a
gift. On the way they rest and sleep.The wife wakes first and
eats some of the dumplings, but blames it on the mice, when the
famer notices that the dumplings are missing. The famer hears
some mice complaining about the accusation and exclaims outloud.
This makes his wife curious and suspicious. At the wedding the
wife asks all the other guest to question and pester the famer
until finally he gives in and reveals his secret and what he
heard from the cockeral and from the mice. He turns into a wooden
man and dissapears off into the forest, never to be seen again.
From that day on, no-one has again been able to understand the
langauge of the animals.
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audience:-
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adult
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recording quality
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condition:-
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good
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completeness:-
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complete
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duration:-
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0 hours, 11 minutes, 49 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:-
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storyteller: Jeorg Baesecke
male / German / German, North West / born 07.02.1954
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storytelling:-
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storyteller: Hedwig Rost
female / German / German, West / Bavarian / born 01.05.1959
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origin:-
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Ghana
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event flyer
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Click to enlarge images
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programming & administration:-
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programmer; Crick Crack Club Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty
programmer: The Crick Crack Club
administrator; programmer: The Barbican Centre; Barbican
Education
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storytelling:-
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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
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gift from:-
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The Barbican Centre
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© The London Centre for International Storytelling:
2007