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Devil's Catechism, The
a Jack Tale story

Sound recording, story; The Devil's Catechism, an East European Jack tale, outwitting the devil story, riddling tale and participatory story, told by Ben Haggarty as part of the programme The Tales They Tell, 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, 2nd June 2006.

Introduction by Jillian Barker, Head of Education at the Barbican Centre, followed by story told by Ben Haggarty. A story about Jack the Widow's son, who seeks his fortune following the advice given by his mother on her death bed - 'do as you would done by'; the advice of a beggar, and the advice of the devil. This leads Jack to find a wife. The devil then offers Jack and his wife a flock of sheep on the understanding that, in one year, he will appear at their door and ask them 12 questions which they must answer in order to keep the sheep and enjoy years of happiness. The questions take the form of riddles and follow a pattern of 'What is your one?', 'What is your two?' and so on. The riddles are answered with suggestions from the audience.

Programme note - Hugh Lupton, Daniel Morden, Jan Blake, Chirine El Ansary, Pamela Marre, Ben Haggarty and music from Hassan Erraji. To mark our tenth series, we bring together six of the UK's best storytellers for the first time on the Barbican stage. An evening packed with treats and glorious riches, interspersed with the joyful Berber music of British storytelling's long standing friend, Hassan Erraji.

audience:- adult
    recording quality
condition:- good
completeness:- complete
duration:- 0 hours, 22 minutes, 3 seconds

Performing in the programme The Tales They Tell were Ben Haggarty, Daniel Morden, Jan Blake, Chirine El Ansary and Pamela Marre, with music from Hassan Erraji. Hugh Lupton was programmed to appear, but did not due to a family bereavement.

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

origin:- Europe, East


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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: Daniel Morden


associated:- storyteller: Pamela Marre


associated:- storyteller: Chirine El Ansary


associated:- storyteller: Jan Blake


associated:- musician; singer: Hassan Erraji


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
02 Jun 2006
mini-festival; public performance: A Celebration of Our Tenth Series of Performance
The Tales They Tell


gift from:- The Barbican Centre


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