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Love is Blind
Love in the Garden

Sound recording, story; Love is Blind or Love in the Garden, a Columbian folk tale and apocryphal tale told by Ben Haggarty as part of the programme The Dynamics of Love, 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, 31st May 2006.

Introduction by Jillian Barker, Head of Education at the Barbican Centre, to the five artists performing - Jan Blake, Ben Haggarty, Pamela Marre, TUUP and Chirine El Ansary, followed by a story told by Ben Haggarty. A story set in the Garden of Eden after God had created the Earth, but before he created man. As God rests, emotions run wild in the garden and have a game of hide and seek, resulting in love being blinded and hence forth being guided by madness.

Programme note - Five great storytellers delight in exploring the many sides of the inevitable, incomparable, inescapable, inexplicable theme...LOVE.

audience:- adult
    recording quality
condition:- good
completeness:- complete
duration:- 0 hours, 9 minutes, 47 seconds

Performing in The Dynamics of love were Ben Haggarty, TUUP, Chirine El Ansary, Jan Blake and Pamela Marre.

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; Master of Ceremonies: Ben Haggarty
male / British / born 30.11.1958

storytelling:- Master of Ceremonies: Jillian Barker
female / British / occupation Educationalist; Head of Barbican Education

origin:- Columbia


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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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associated:- storyteller: Pamela Marre


associated:- storyteller: Chirine El Ansary


associated:- storyteller: Jan Blake


associated:- storyteller; musician: TUUP; Godfrey Duncan


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
31 May 2006
mini-festival; public performance: A Celebration of Our Tenth Series of Performance
The Dynamics of Love


gift from:- The Barbican Centre


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