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Lily at the Crossroads
a Devil at the Crossroads story

Sound recording, story; Lily at the Crossroads, a version of The Devil at the Crossroads, a wonder tale, transformation tale and outwitting the devil story, told by Sally Pomme Clayton, accompanied by musician Janie Armour, as part of the performance Lily at the Crossroads, as part of the programme The Rich Sound of Story, in a mini-festival of stories, Feasting in the House of Story - A Celebration of Our Tenth Series of Performance Storytelling, programmed by the Crick Crack Club and Barbican Education, in the Pit Theatre, Barbican Centre, London, 30th May 2006.

Story told by Sally Pomme Clayton, followed by short commentary on the story by Sally Pomme Clayton. A story about a girl who falls in love with the devil. She sews her needle and thread into his coat so that she can follow him. She follows him to the crossroads where she is caught by the devil, who turns her into a lily. A noble man finds the lily and discovers that it can turn from lily into girl, and takes her home. Jealous girls from the village discover her secret and attack her. She is rescued by the noble man, and escapes the devil by removing the needle and thread from his coat.

audience:- adult
    recording quality
condition:- good
completeness:- complete
duration:- 0 hours, 25 minutes, 45 seconds

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).

storytelling:- storyteller: Sally Pomme Clayton
female / British

storytelling:- musician: Janie Armour
female

origin:- Europe, East India Persia, Iran


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Programme note fot Lily at the Crossroads

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event flyer

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A book create as part of the celebratory event, which was presented to all audience members who attended. All storytellers who had appeared at the Barbican were invited to contribute a story to the book.

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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
30 May 2006
mini-festival; public performance: A Celebration of Our Tenth Series of Performance
Lily at the Crossroads; The Rich Sound of Stories


gift from:- The Barbican Centre


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