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Sound recording, story; a wonder tale of African or Afro-Caribbean origin, told by Jan Blake, 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.

Story told by Jan Blake. A story about a girl who has such an attractive nature that she draws the attention of all who meet her. She and the nine other girls from the village go out to find husbands. Her companions are so jealous of the attention she attracts, that they turn her into first a pipe and then a calabash, but these items still attract the attention of their suiters. The girls then turn her into a dog, which, while the other girls find husbands, is taken in by a women with a son. The women discovers the dog is really a girl, releases her and she marries the son. The nine other girls hear of this and drown the girl, but she is rescued and resuscitated by her husband.

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:- incomplete
duration:- 0 hours, 29 minutes, 51 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).

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.

storytelling:- storyteller: Jan Blake
female / British Jamaican / African Caribbean / British / born 18.03.1964

origin:- Africa Caribbean
Afro-Caribbean


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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:- musician; singer: Hassan Erraji


associated:- storyteller; Master of Ceremonies: Ben Haggarty


associated:- storyteller: Chirine El Ansary


associated:- storyteller: Pamela Marre


associated:- storyteller: Daniel Morden


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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