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What does a Storyteller
do?
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Sound recording, talk; What does a Storyteller
do?, by Ben Haggarty, as part of the Crick Crack Club conference,
Celebrating 20 years of Storytelling Revival , Hoxton Hall,
London, 2nd and 3rd February 2002.
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A talk delivered by Ben Haggarty entitled What
does a Storyteller Do?. The talk covers who a storyteller is,
what they do and how they go about their art. It includes
commentary on the creative process of a storyteller, storytelling
as an art, its intangible nature and the relationship between
orality and literacy. A reference is made to the Pandavani epic
singing tradition from India, and the talk was followed by a
viewing of a section of an audio visual recording of Pandavani
singing
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Programme notes: The Crick Crack Club presents
the richest and most entertaining performance storytelling events
in Britain. These are stories for adults, taking you into the
extraordinary, and sometimes uncomfortable, world of
unbowdlerised Fairytale and Myth. Pioneers of the Storytelling
revival reflect on 20 years at the front-line of active
intervention to revive and rediscover this primal narrative
art.
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The conference comprises R539, R540, R541,
R542, R543, R544, R545, R456, R547, R548.
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audience:-
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adult; Celebrating 20 years of Storytelling Revival conference
delegates
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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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incomplete
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duration:-
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0 hours, 39 minutes, 44 seconds
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The Crick Crack Club was founded by Ben Haggarty in 1987 and was
the first regular performance storytelling club to be established
in the UK. From the outset, the club operated with a programme of
storytellers put in place by an artistic director, Ben Haggarty.
It had no 'floor spots' whereby anyone had the opportunity to
tell stories. The club was created in response to a recognised
need for there to be sufficient UK storytellers to perform
competent, formal evening shows for adult audiences in the
proposed 1989, 15 day long, Third International Storytelling
Festival at London's South Bank Centre. In the autumn of 1987 the
first season of 26 weekly Crick Crack Club events was launched in
a pub theatre (The Chair) in Ladbrook Grove, with the expressed
aim of trying out new artists and providing an opportunity for
established artists to develop their skills and repertoire for
adults. Jenny Pearson of the Kew Storytellers helped Ben Haggarty
with the organisation of this first season.The Crick Crack Club
promoted weekly events in various venues in London between 1987
and 1995, and then monthly events at the Spitz from 1995 to 2001.
During this time it also organised numerous monthly events and
mini-festivals in regional arts venues throughout England. In
1991/92 wth £10,000 from the Arts Council Literature department
it tried to establish a touring circuit promoting 120 events in a
year. Daniel Morden gave invaluable administrative support during
this period. In 1993, in partnership with David Ambrose of St.
Donats Arts Centre in Wales, the Crick Crack Club Club created
the Beyond the Border International Festival of Storytelling and
Epic Singing. Ben Haggarty co-directed Beyond the Border from
1993 to 2005. Since 2001 the Crick Crack Club has worked on a
peripatetic basis, programming in various venues and in
partnership with various organisations, and in 2003 began a
long-term partnership with Barbican Education in London, to
promote 9 events a year in the Barbican Pit Theatre
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talk:-
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speaker; Master of Ceremonies: Ben Haggarty
male / British / born 30.11.1958 / occupation performance
storyteller; promoter
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origin:-
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storyteller: Ben Haggarty
male / British / born 30.11.1958
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Hoxton Hall publicity
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Crick Crack Club publicity
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Click to enlarge images
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administration:-
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administrator: The Crick Crack Club
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programming:-
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Crick Crack Club Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty
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talk:-
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London, England: Hoxton Hall
02 Feb 2002
03 Mar 2002
conference: Celebrating 20 years of Storytelling Revival
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gift from:-
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The Crick Crack Club
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© The London Centre for International Storytelling:
2007